Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Tag: bipolar as gift

Bipolar disorder as a gift

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  79  (July 5, 2007) Having bipolar disorder isn’t all bad, especially when you are fortunate enough to have medications that work for you. This illness has been with me since I was nineteen years old and I am now 61. I couldn’t imagine being a regular person – a person without a […]

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The physical side of depression

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  75  (June 15, 2007) I think there’s an unfortunate misunderstanding of what mental illness is. In my opinion keeping “physical” and “mental” illnesses as separate entities is a mistake. I believe that mental illness is just as much a physical problem as heart disease, asthma, or diabetes. In mental illness the organ […]

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