Hello my dear readers, Percival here, coming at you with another exploration of our fascinating human mind. Today we shall journey into the mountains and valleys of our mental landscape to better understand bipolar disorder and depression. They are terms frequently bandied about in casual conversations, often misunderstood or oversimplified. However, their true nature holds a depth that deserves our empathy and comprehension. Let’s start with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that leads to extreme mood swings encompassing emotional highs, or manic episodes, and lows, known as depressive episodes. A person with bipolar disorder may feel euphorically happy, full of energy, and markedly outgoing or irritable during manic episodes. When the tide turns, and a depressive episode takes hold, they may feel sad, hopeless, or lose interest in most activities. It’s as if they are at the mercy of an emotional pendulum, swinging between two polar-opposite states, hence the […]
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