BEING BIPOLAR, Part 1: The Tale of the Two Chris Knights

theknightshift.blogspot.com ^ | January 06, 2011 | Christopher Knight

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I had been in the back of a dark cave for so long, watching a very complex and intricate shadow play cast on the walls by the world outside... and sincerely believing the shadows were life as everyone else knew it. I had no reason to even begin to grasp that what my condition had imposed upon me wasn't the way that people are meant to be at all. That my perception of the world was only a well-formed shade of what was truly possible.

And then, in these past several months, I was able to come out of it finally. And I could practically feel the chains and the shackles that had bound my mind for so long, falling away at last. I had been held back by more than I ever realized. It has taken a very long time and a lot of work, a lot of struggle, a lot of prayer, and a lot of patience to get to a place where I could experience that liberty of mind.

And today... I am free. For the first time, fully free to be the Chris Knight that God made me to be.

So now I am endeavoring to use what God has brought me through, to help others who also are suffering similar affliction.

I recently revealed on this blog to the public for the very first time that I have bipolar disorder. That I was diagnosed with it several years ago. I've been well aware for more than ten years about my severe depression. The bipolar however wasn't diagnosed until quite some time after that.

Since first revealing my condition, my disclosure has been the subject of a report by Bob Buckley of WGHP Fox 8. That was two weeks ago.

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BEING BIPOLAR, Part 2: Sketching Unquiet

[agrace]

I remember when he used to post on FR and was so sorry to see him go. Thank you for posting this.

[miss marmelstein]

I just finished reading an autobiography of a lovely British actress whom I have admired for years: Nicola Pagett. Her book details one of the worst cases of bipolar disorder I have ever read about. And that includes Patty Duke and Zelda Fitzgerald. What an awful illness!

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[JaguarXKE]

One of my son's is BiPolar and my wife and I are volunteers for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). We also teach a 12-week course for families with loved one's who suffer from serious mental illness called "Family-to-Family" (Major Depression, BiPolar, Schizophrenia, etc):

Family-to-Family

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[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

My mom was bipolar. I wouldn’t wish what she went through on anybody. It made for an interesting childhood.