Jan 18, 2021
HHM#19 Living Successfully With Bipolar Disorder; Cindy's Story of Overcoming Guilt and Shame
Can people live a happy and successful life despite having bipolar disorder? There is so much stigma that people sometimes feel afraid to be diagnosed or treated, and therefore suffer unnecessarily for years. Many people feel guilt and shame for having a disorder, especially mental, even though they did not cause it.
In this episode session of Happy and Healthy Mind with Dr. Rozina, our guest, Cindy Simonsen shared her own experience living life with Bipolar Disorder. She discussed four conversational safety tools that helped her in social situations and five daily practices that help her live a full, active, and happy life.
Cindy was a beautician by profession, has been successfully married for 41 years, and lives a very active life (with yoga, biking, hiking, exercising, pickleball (a recent discovery!), photography, writing, journalling, skiing, and meeting and talking to people- all) despite living with Bipolar disorder.
Listen to this audio to learn helpful practices and useful…