Drowning in the Seas of Mental illness

By Bipolar Barbie

The Bipolar Barbie Diaries is a series of books that document the gruelling reality of living with chronic mental illness. Drowning in the Seas of Mental Illness is the first instalment of this highly anticipated series.

It illustrates the struggle of living with chronic

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bipolar Barbie
• Release date: Jan 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9780645338478

Bipolar Barbie

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bipolar Barbie is a young Australian Artist, Author and Motivational Speaker. When people ask her why she decided to talk about her mental health issues publicly she responds "It never occurred to me not to!"She started out as a social media influencer on Instagram and YouTube becoming known worldwide for giving a "Creative take on living with Mental Illness". Expressing herself in a raw, honest and relatable way. She says her qualifications are "Lived Experience". She blogs about her journey to overcome with homelessness, bankruptcy, domestic violence emotional and psychological child abuse as well as drug and alcohol abuse. She believes the reason mental health stigma exists, is because we don't know how to talk about it. "It is a language barrier and a lack of understanding that fuels ignorance; thus talking about the Stigma is counter productive. "I want people to remember and understand what it is really like to suffer a mental illness or have mental health issues, not that there are people out there who don't believe it" she says. She now dreams of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned, where a mental health advocate has more followers than the Kardashians.

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