Inspirational Comedy with Dr. Michael Smalley

Bright Tomorrows - a story about mental illness and two psychotic breaks


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Tim and Nancy's story should inspire anyone about what it takes to stay committed to each other through "sickness and in health"!
Tim wrote:
Since 1979 I have lived with the consequences of a brain-based mental health challenge called bipolar disorder. Through these years I have experienced episodes of extreme mania, protracted periods of dark depression, as well as eruptions of psychosis.
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, a leading authority and herself a diagnosed bipolar, clearly expresses the effects of this brain disorder in her book, “Touched with Fire.” She wrote that bipolar illness “encompasses the extremes of human experience. Thinking can range from florid psychosis, or ‘madness,’ to patterns of unusually clear, fast, and creative associations, to retardation [slowing down] so profound that no meaningful activity can occur.”* This very succinctly and accurately describes how I have often experienced bipolar disorder.
Hear their story through this special interview and learn how to "reflect the compassion of Jesus Christ to those with mental health concerns".
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