Video on Living with Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Stigma

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

Bipolar Vida blogger, Cristina Fender, on living with bipolar disorder, receiving a bipolar diagnosis, and bipolar stigma. Watch bipolar disorder video.

Bipolar Disorder is a serious mental illness. Cristina Fender, author of the Bipolar Vida blog, was our guest on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show where she talked about what it's like living with bipolar disorder, along with the shame she felt after receiving her initial diagnosis of bipolar disorder. In this video on bipolar disorder, she also discussed bipolar stigma, or the stigma of bipolar disorder, a frequent topic on her blog.

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About our guest on the bipolar disorder video: Cristina Fender

Cristina Fender was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 2006, she is a wife and a mother raising two young girls in Texas. Visit Cristina's bipolar disorder blog, Bipolar Vida here at HealthyPlace, where she keeps a journal on the impact of bipolar disorder, her bipolar recovery efforts, and what it's like living with bipolar disorder.