This scholarship is much more than financial support. Like many people with bipolar disorder, I know how what it means to feel unwanted and worthless. Being the recipient of the Bipolar Lives Scholarship makes me feel validated.It makes me want to believe in myself and believe that anyone with bipolar can rise above the pain and accomplish the things that may seem impossible. The most important lesson I learned when I heard that I got this scholarship is that I am not alone. We, mental health service consumers, are not alone in our suffering, and there are people out there who want to help. You just need to ask!
Nov 13, 2009 Rating
Congratulations on the winning entry by: Sarah from Bipolar-Lives
The inaugural Bipolar Lives Scholarship is going to NH, a social work student in Wisconsin, who wrote a gripping account of turning to ECT for treatment when medication failed. This is a wonderful entry describing personal experiences of electroshock therapy from a young person whose mania and depression did not respond satisfactorily to medications. This essay combines personal experience, facts about bipolar treatments, and a positive outlook in a manner that the whole judging panel found fresh and compelling.
