Catherine Zeta-Jones

I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.

Welsh Actress

J Hus

I feel like I'm bipolar. I have my different moods and that. That's why my music exists in so many different worlds - this moment I'm feeling all raw, this moment I'm wanting to talk to a girl, the next moment I'm wanting to talk about spirit and be deep. Then I'm back to being angry.

British Rapper

AJ Lee

I am bipolar, and I am proud. And that is why I wanted to write a book. To shine a light on mental illness, to be vulnerable about the days I let it take control and paid dearly for it, and to tell anyone fighting a similar battle: You are not alone. You are not broken.

American Athlete

Ruby Rose

Being honest about being bullied in school and my bipolar was not so much of a 'do I or don't I?'; it was waiting for the right time. Even before I knew what making a mark on the world meant, I knew I wanted to make a difference.

Australian Model

Kay Redfield Jamison

Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder. My answer is competence. Empathy is important, but competence is essential.

American Psychologist

Carrie Fisher

So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.

American Actress

Yo Yo Honey Singh

The truth is I was suffering from bipolar disorder. It went on for 18 months, during which I changed four doctors, the medication wasn't working on me, and crazy things were happening.

Indian Musician

Rick Stein

My father, Eric, was bipolar and as he got older, his illness affected the family more and more. My mother was magnificent in protecting my brothers and sisters from his illness.

English Chef

Emir Kusturica

In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things.

Serbian Director

Sebastian Stan

Playing an unstable, bipolar, multiple-personality-disorder person is definitely up my alley.

American Actor

Used to describe areas with contrasting features, often in geography or metaphorically in discussions.

Geographical Use

Can refer to a world divided by two opposing forces or ideologies.

Political Context

In literature or speech, bipolar can describe characters or situations with two conflicting sides.

Metaphoric Contrast

Bipolar is associated with unpredictable mood changes, not just normal moodiness.

Mood Swings

When talking about bipolar disorder, it refers to a specific medical condition, not general ups and downs.

Medical Specificity

Bipolar disorder involves complex emotional states, not just simple happiness or sadness.

Beyond Sad and Happy

In computing or electronics, bipolar describes a type of technology, not mood or geography.

Tech Specifics

Refers to the use of both electron and hole current carriers in semiconductor devices.

Charge Carriers

 bipolar disorder so we were essentially mapping the micro circuitry of the brain which cells are communicating with which cells with which chemicals and then in what quantities of those chemicals so there was a lot of meaning in my life because I was performing this type of

Stroke of insight - Jill...

 years i made a point of looking to find somebody that had a message behind their that's really important to me i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and that's kind of makes me who i am and feeds into my creativity i've struggled with mental health since i can remember

Assignment: Inspiration...

 and since and it took me a full six months before the full weight of the diagnosis hit me and since then I've been wrestling with the symptoms and the stigma the truth about bipolar disorder and mental illness really is no one really talks about it I've shared my

Understanding bipolar...

 between these two important systems. Other work flowed from these studies. The first was that sleep disruption actually precedes certain types of mental illness, and we've shown that in those young individuals who are at high risk of developing bipolar disorder,

Why do we sleep? PIPE...

 But it doesn't just affect the security side. The relations between great powers -- we thought we were past the bipolar era. We thought we were in a unipolar world, where all the big issues were resolved. Remember? It was the end of history.

How fear drives American...

 of our interviewee's personality. And we stitch them together like medieval monks, and we leave the normal stuff on the floor. And you know, this is a country that over-diagnoses certain mental disorders hugely. Childhood bipolar --

Strange answers to the...

 personality we stitch them together like medieval monks and we leave the normal stuff on the floor I know this is a country that overdiagnosis certain mental disorders hugely childhood bipolar children as young as four are

 and decades later, to my surprise, I started winning. I shifted from being miserable much of the time to enjoying life. I live pretty well with my bipolar condition, and I've overcome some other mental health conditions

How to connect with...

 are related to a mental depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, borderline personality. There's a long list of disorders that contribute, and as I mentioned before, often early in life.

Thomas Insel: Toward a...

 What is bipolar disorder? The word bipolar means two extremes. For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world,