World Bipolar Day 2023

World Bipolar Day is celebrated each year on March 30th, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. The vision of World Bipolar Day (WBD) is to bring world awareness to bipolar disorders and to eliminate social stigma. (From Google search).

Though I am not a world famous artist as Van Gogh was, I do have a few things in common with him.  In my own way with my books and jewelry creations, I am also an artist.  And, like Van Gogh, I have bipolar disorder, Manic Bipolar to be specific.

 I chronicled my journey with Manic Bipolar in my very first book, my 2015 memoir Angel Child.

 BIpolar is an illness, just like any other treatable illness that people aren't afraid to speak about, such as diabetes for example.  I am NOT ashamed to admit that I have an illness.  No one should be ashamed.  My life is no different than yours.

 If I can touch the life of even one person, and encourage that one person to also break the stigma, and so on, we could have a world where no more stigma exists.  Touching lives one person at a time.

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