Birdie Thorn is an Creator and Psychological Well being Advocate. She is a speaker with the Nationwide Alliance on Psychological Sickness. She has written articles for the Worldwide Bipolar Basis. Birdie has lived expertise with Bipolar 2, Generalized Nervousness Dysfunction, and ADHD. Birdie runs an Instagram web page @birdies.bipolar.mind that brings consciousness to psychological well being situations.
Q: What impressed you to put in writing the ebook, I Am Her She Is Me?
A: I stay with Bipolar 2 dysfunction. There have been so many instances that I wanted my ideas would play out like a film for these round me in order that they might get an understanding of what it’s like inside my head. I wrote the ebook in first particular person in order that I may do precisely what I needed to do with my very own psychological well being situation. I give folks a first-hand have a look at the deepest depths of melancholy and the heights of mania.
Q: Is, I Am Her She Is Me, primarily based on a real story?
A: The ebook is fiction however has many components which are impressed by true occasions or actual folks. There are some components of the ebook which are describing a depressive episode that the principle character is experiencing. These components are sometimes straight out of my very own journals describing my private expertise with a depressive episode.
Q: You write about, “The 5 Phases of Bipolar” within the ebook, what’s that?
A: Earlier than I wrote, I Am Her She Is Me, I had began monitoring my bipolar signs. After some time I seen that there was a sample to my episodes. I’d cycle by these “phases” fairly constantly. As soon as I established the phases, I started including signs, triggers, and durations to them. The 5 phases are: Part 1-Reflection, Part 2-Content material, Part 3- Manic, Part 4- Paranoia, Part 5- The crash. I clarify every part within the ebook.
Q: Who do you suppose would profit probably the most from the ebook?
A: Anybody who both has skilled a psychological well being situation or is aware of somebody with a psychological well being situation. Principally everybody.
Q: How can folks get involved with you or discover your ebook?
A: I’m most energetic on Instagram @birdies.bipolar.mind. I’m virtually all the time obtainable for questions and I do reply to messages. You should buy the ebook on Amazon. It’s obtainable in paperback or kindle.
Q: What’s one in every of your favourite paragraphs from the ebook?
A: I’m similar to this candle. Burning brilliant whereas slowly cannibalizing myself. Helpless to observe as big items of myself simply soften away. Gone perpetually. Forming a hardened puddle of who I as soon as was. This candle will finally be unrecognizable, burned right down to nothing, simply as I shall be. I can really feel it occurring. Any day now, the darkness will lastly take over and put an finish to all this. to me…”