I Live with Bipolar Disorder, but I Don’t Let It Define Who I Am

I Live with Bipolar Disorder, but I Don’t Let It Define Who I Am

July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.As told to Shannon Shelton MillerFour years ago, my husband found me lying in a fetal position on our bedroom floor, hysterical and in tears. I was having one of the worst depressive episodes I’d experienced in years.After struggling for more than a decade, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder almost 20 years ago, and I thought I had everything figured out. I'm in thera…