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Not only a person with bipolar disorder have to deal with that, there is another problem that can cause endless damage. That problem is the stigma, which is one of the worst words I know. The stigma that used to be a mark that was put in someone who was lower. Now there is brand used, but the stigma remains. It is a combination of two ugly words, ignorance and prejudice.
Ignorance is not simply know, a lot of statements are made with absolutely no knowledge of what is happening. Things like "Oh, do not worry, it will disappear" or "That person must be crazy, who are not like us normal people." Anyone making such statements only show that they have no idea what is happening.
People tend to fear the unknown and the truth is much more is known about the disease physical. Not knowing about something is not a reason to just do a little story about him, which is exactly what many people do. These stories are passed to others ignorance and soon it just grows.
Prejudice is prejudging what is pretty damn scared too. Some prejudices are transmitted from generation to generation and some is based on belief. Can be spread as easily and as quickly as ignorance.
So if you take a combination of ignorance and prejudice and reach the stigma can see that there will be no good at all. If it does not sound bad enough to read, it gets even worse when applied to you or someone you love. What is really sad is that the stigma does not have to come from people who are believed to be harmful, many of them may come from his own family.
I think is so great that much has been learned about physical illness was not known before. It would be even better if the same could be done for mental illness. Most people do not realize that bipolar disorder is biological / genetic nature. It manifests as a mental illness, because emotions and feelings are not physical.
The stigma can be overcome only through education and more information available now than ever before. I'd love to see a beating and although it looks promising, I hope.
Ross Charette was diagnosed bipolar disorder II some 23 years ago. Recently reading about stigma made him want to find out more than he already knew. Joining a forum for bipolar disorder and making friends there gave Ross the idea that he wanted to share what he knew with others. That is how this blog came to be http://survivingbipolar.cleverdood.com/
A lot of Ross’ time is spent between the blog and forum, and he is loving it 
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