The Female Celebrity Of American, And When She Was Successful

Vincent Van Gogh, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Virginia Woolf are some very well-known people who have one thing in common. It is believed that they all had bipolar disorder, a condition where a person goes through cycles of abnormal mania, a good or high mood, and depression, a low mood (Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner, & Nock, 2015). There are many other notable celebrities who have bipolar disorder. Vivien Leigh, most known for her role as Scarlet O’Hara in Gone With the Wind, Demi Lovato, Robin Williams, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse all had this disorder. In fact, bipolar disorder affects about 2.6% of the United States’ population of the age 18 years and older (DBSA, 2015). Men and women of all different races, ethnic groups

In pop culture Bipolar Disorder is described as someone quickly switching emotions. The term gets flown around easily without evidence of the alleged diagnosis. This publication changed my perspective on mental illness due to always hearing society's opinion on the phrase. Kay’s experience shows an individual who suffered tremendously behind doors that no one else could relate to, having episodes last days to months not switching every minute like society's stereotypes. It is obvious that there is not control and while medication helps, there is a significant consequence when missing treatment. Additionally, material learned within this book can help fundamentally determine someone suffering this illness. For example, if someone has manic highs and lows that force them to change their daily lifestyle for a period of time and developes changing impulsive decisions there could be an underlying illness. Even though there are few details that can fall into the category of Bipolar, it is still rare and unless diagnosed by a doctor one should never jump to conclusions about another

Demi Lovato is one of the most vocal celebrities about mental illness and awareness. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2010 after a fight with a band member got physical. Lovato has since been to a treatment center for her illness and has started holding “wellness workshops”, gatherings with the the rehabilitation

She feels herself a survivor. In the end, Kay poses the hypothetical question whether or not she would choose to have manic-depressive illness, if given the choice. If lithium was not readily available to her she would say no, but if it was available she said yes. In Part 4, the explanation of her feelings towards the term “bipolar disorder” changed my outlook on the illness.. I understand her qualms about the term implying that there is a distinction between depression and manic-depressive illness.

Bipolar disorder, also called a manic-depressive illness, is a common disorder which causes mood swings, lasting periods of depression, and episodes of mania. “Extreme changes in energy, activity, sleep, and behavior go along with these changes in mood” (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2008). A person becomes more goal-oriented and has grandeur visions of success. Patient M shows all these symptoms while talking to her friends and professors in college. She describes herself as a person who is above the two standard genders, what she calls a “third sex”, and who switched souls with a senior senator from her state. The latter belief inspires her to start a political campaign and achieve a high position in the government. She

Throughout the movie Joan Crawford shows many examples of being bipolar. Bipolar is a disorder in which a person’s mood changes from depression to elation and back again. (Rathus 2010). Joan Crawford shows this in her movie more than one time, the first time she shows it she finds out that she has just received the role she was hoping to get and then finds her daughter playing with her makeup. When she finds her daughter imitating her and she freaks out because she doesn’t like her acting like her so she instantly goes from excitement to almost killing her daughter and cutting her hair all the way off. That is a clear example of bipolar because she starts out very joyful and ends up very angry. In the movie, she goes outside to thank all of her fans for receiving the award and it very proud and happy then goes up to see her daughter and finds out she has a wire hanger and beats her with the wire hanger. This is an example because she is very happy then instantly almost kills her daughter. Those are the two most supporting examples that I found from the movie and they show the example of bipolar very good.

Dorothy Dandridge may seem to be like a beautiful and strong African American woman on the outside, but on the inside she held in a lot of pain. Dorothy Dandridge is an actress, singer, and entertainer, who no longer walk this green Earth, but when she did, she made history. Dorothy was the first African American actress to achieve a leading-role status. Dorothy also had a deeply troubled life and racism didn’t make her life any easier especially when it came to achieving her dreams, but she got through it and during her time, the early 1930’s through the 1960’s, that was saying something. Racism was a lot worse then what it is now, but it made it harder for African Americans to achieve their goals, especially African American women. Dorothy was very worth looking up to now and when she was alive. Dorothy Dandridge is a contribution to African American history because she was the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress, how she fought all odds against her, mainly racism, and she made it possible to for other African American women to follow in her footsteps and look up to her as a role model.

In the documentary, we meet an accomplished artist named Nicki. She had a troubled childhood and at first was thought to just be coping with the divorce of her parents. Her sister realized that Nicki was dealing with a more serious issue. She was valedictorian of her graduating class. She then went on to model in Paris, this is when her illness starting having a significant impact on her life. She wasn’t sleeping, wasn’t eating, and seemed unusually hyperactive. Her sister described it as “she never shuts off”. She became hyper sexualized and had many romantic relationships. Then one day she felt so sick and depressed she couldn’t get out of bed. Then she slipped into an episode of psychotic mania. She was

How would you react if you found your wife in the shower with another man? Any sane person would furious, but would you lose control and beat the other man senseless? Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of bipolar disorder in The Silver Linings Playbook how untreated the disorder can take control of a person’s life giving them manic episodes and major depressive episodes. This film aims to accurately display the struggles any person with bipolar disorder will deal with in their daily life while trying to manage the extensive mood swings they experience. The intended purpose of this paper is to analyze not only in what ways the director and cast accurately display the everyday life of an individual with bipolar disorder, but also the quality of the film. Throughout the movie themes of divorce, medications, the need for social support when dealing with mental disorders and a person’s unwillingness to accept help, will all be brought up in order to help an individual manage their disorder.

As it appears on Disco Di’s document she’s currently diagnosed with two distinct types of psychological disorder, first being major depressive disorder, and second being borderline personality disorder. However, the term major depression is only one part of the disorder Disco Di is facing. The type of the disorder in which Disco Di is suffering from, is called mood disorder, and to further narrow it down she’s specifically experiencing what is known as “Bipolar I” that according to DSM-5, is defined as a disorder in which individuals experience cycling episodes of mania and major depression (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Furthermore major depression also in accordance to DSM-5 is marked by chronically low mood which has certain symptoms such as being fatigue, feelings of guilt, and impaired concentration appearing almost every day. In the case of Disco Di, Even though she goes through some of these symptoms, but they are not all the symptoms that she experiences. As it is stated on her document, Disco Di being a cheerful, outgoing 12 year

One of the biggest challenges is helping someone find the right medication and keeping a routine that works best for them over the long-term. The famous singer/ actress/ songwriter/ model Demi Lovato was checked into rehab at the age of 22, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011. Before Lovato received her diagnosis, she spent years feeling vulnerable and sad. At the time she couldn't even find the strength to get out of bed. She was struggling with cutting, drug addicting, and bulimia. Lovato quotes"Getting a diagnosis was kind of a relief. It helped me start to make sense of the harmful things I was doing to cope with what I was experiencing". It was a relief to her because she was self harming without knowing the root of her problem.

Bipolar disorder is typically a condition that affects people in their late teens and early adulthood. It is usually not thought to affect a child but it is something that, if present at a young age, can seriously affect the way a child grows up. Bipolar disorder affects every aspect of a person’s life and is not as understood as it should be. Researchers are still looking for the cause of this illness and how it can be treated but overall it is a condition that many people are undereducated on and that is something I’m hoping this paper might be able to change for some.

The author, Kay Jamison talks about her life with bipolar I disorder in her book, An Unquiet Mind. Jamison was a Caucasian woman who at the age of forty seven wrote this memoir. Currently she is seventy years old and dealing with her disorder. She spent her life moving around a lot because her father was an air force pilot. She grew up with an older brother who was very caring and an older sister that she bumped heads with. Kay’s father was a really delightful person. His emotions were contagious. Her mother was always helpful and caring for her family no matter how busy she was. Kay’s parents were supporting in all her interests; such as pets, poetry, science, and medicine. When she was fifteen, things took a turn and her family moved to California for her father’s new job as a scientist. Her father began to show worsening signs of depression. Around the age of sixteen, Kay realized that she was having mood swings that were very drastic. In her senior year of high school, she had her first manic depressive attack. She started her undergraduate study at UCLA dealing with her constant depression and manic episodes. As she was studying as an undergraduate, Kay began to take an interest in psychology. She pursued her PhD in psychology at UCLA again studying mood disorders. As a graduate student, she also began working in the psychiatric ward and dealing with marital problems in her first marriage. She was slowly spiraling out of control until she had a terrifying

As expressed in the documentary, bipolar disorder is a very misunderstood mental illness, and I was surely one of those who truly didn’t understand it. One fact that I learned was how the change from manic states to depressive ones are not easy gentle