The Cat Is Out of the Bag
Mad in America
JULY 10, 2025
Like Laura, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age seventeen. Over the next two decades, I cycled through seven psychiatric hospitalizations. I had learned helplessness through being fed this narrative that my brain was “disordered,” and that narrative did not empower me in any way, shape, or form to take charge of my wellbeing.
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