[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

by Kelly Jensen

Mental illness is a part of me. Living with bipolar disorder is like being the Goldilocks of your own brain, always in search of the state of Just Right. Just Right is when I’m Me—generally sanguine, frivolous, whimsical, with a touch of grumpy old lady. When I’m manic, I’m Too Much Me. When I’m depressed, I’m Not Enough Me.