Welcome to the Jungle
Everything You Wanted to Know about Bipolar But Were Too Freaked Out to Ask
Hilary A Smith
- An
- honest,
- relatable
- guide
- that
- can
- help
- you
- figure
- out
- how
- to
- live
- your
- life
- with
- bipolar
- disorder,
- from
- a
- bipolar
- author.Welcome
- to
- the
- Jungle
- focuses
- on
- bipolar
- people,
- not
- the
- diagnosis:
- the
- ways
- in
- which
- each
- person
- can
- find
- his
- or
- her
- own
- way
- through
- the
- extreme
- emotional
- states
- and
- intense
- experiences
- that
- we
- are
- calling
- “bipolar”
- —whether
- that
- means
- medication
- or
- meditation,
- psychiatrists
- or
- vision
- quests,
- good
- sleep
- or
- good
- all-night
- dancing,
- or
- a
- little
- bit
- of
- everything.Many
- bipolar
- books
- are
- too
- clinical,
- too
- alarmist,
- and
- too
- clearly
- written
- for
- family
- members
- and
- caretakers
- of
- people
- diagnosed
- with
- this
- mood
- disorder.
- Welcome
- to
- the
- Jungle
- is
- different.
- Author
- Hilary
- Smith
- wrote
- this
- guide
- because
- it
- is
- the
- book
- she
- wishes
- she’d
- been
- given
- when
- she
- was
- first
- diagnosed
- with
- bipolar
- disorder.
- It
- answers
- questions,
- points
- to
- resources,
- and
- most
- of
- all,
- comes
- from
- someone
- who
- understands
- what
- it’s
- like
- to
- be
- thrown
- off
- course
- by
- an
- overwhelming
- mental
- health
- issue—and
- what
- to
- do
- afterwards.Just
- like
- for
- everyone
- else,
- there
- are
- many,
- many
- paths
- that
- bipolar
- people
- can
- take
- in
- life.
- Learn
- more
- about
- how
- to
- live
- your
- own
- life
- with
- a
- mental
- illness
- using
- the
- help
- of
- the
- insights
- in
- Welcome
- to
- the
- Jungle,
- which
- covers
- topics
- such
- as:This
- book
- is
- not
- intended
- to
- diagnose,
- treat,
- or
- prevent
- any
- illness
- or
- act
- as
- a
- substitute
- for
- advice
- from
- a
- doctor
- or
- psychiatrist.Praise
- for
- Welcome
- to
- the
- Jungle“Among
- the
- wealth
- of
- works
- on
- bipolar,
- this
- title
- (wisely
- pulled
- from
- a
- Guns
- N’
- Roses
- lyric)
- nicely
- stands
- out
- as
- a
- super
- reference
- for
- younger
- readers
- interested
- in
- or
- actually
- experiencing
- bipolar
- disorder
- and
- is
- also
- a
- valuable
- resource
- for
- professionals.”
- —Library Journal
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