Poetry About Mental Illness Shattering Stigma Through Art

When I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder, the hardest part wasn’t hearing the diagnosis itself, it was the pressure to believe I was somehow defective. I’d been taught that people with bipolar were monsters and deranged, and this myth fogged my self-perception for years. Society programs us to see mental illness as a defect, … Continue reading Poetry About Mental Illness Shattering Stigma Through Art