What is the Mental Health Mindset?

The Mental Health Mindset is a collection of my notes, in the form of essays, on living a good life despite a mental illness diagnosis. I’m Jenn Marshall and I live with Type 1 Bipolar Disorder. I’ve had this condition for nineteen years and have learned a great deal about how to stay healthy despite this life-long condition which is extremely challenging at times. I intend to share insight into how I navigate bipolar successfully, and share tidbits from my life here with this column.

I’ve had my share of the ups and downs of bipolar disorder, including five hospitalizations for mania and most recently, a year and a half of rapid cycling bipolar after stepping down from the mental health nonprofit I founded, This Is My Brave. My manic recent manic episodes, while severe, did not require hospitalization while my depressive episodes over these past two years have been so bleak that they also included suicidal thoughts.

Thankfully, I’m in a much better place now, having moved into stability again. The permanent hope that I carry with me - tattooed on my left forearm - was absent for what felt like an eternity, but is beginning to swell and shine again in the form of my enthusiasum for writing returning.

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