Unconditional family support and great medical care still couldn’t coax Betsy Kirk out of her small world.
How could people understand what it’s like to experience the unpredictable and dramatic mood swings associated with bipolar illness? Even she couldn’t accept the diagnosis.
That is, until she found others with life stories that sound like hers.
“I met people who had gone through the same or graver situations than myself,” she said. “It made a huge difference.”
That difference was a nine-week program designed to show people struggling with mental illness how they can manage their symptoms and lead regular lives.
Norman DeLisle, MDRC
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