Dias, Mary Ellen

The author grew up in an unhappy environment and as a young teenager began to have uncontrollable mood swings. She had always felt different, as if she didn't belong and thought her moods were just part of the package. In her late teens she started seeing various psychiatrists but it wasn't until she was in her early 30s that she was diagnosed as bipolar. She went into denial and refused to take her meds, thus continuing to live a rather chaotic life. In her early 40s she had a severe psychological breakdown, and though she saw a psychiatrists from time to time, she had no trust in them, didn'...