Bipolar Disorder: One Family's Journey Towards Hope a Conversation with Virginia Andrews
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Mental Illness. The very words chill our souls. Yet, millions of people
struggle with mental illness every minute of every day. In this powerful,
transparent interview, one family describes their extraordinary battle to
find stability when their family life revolves around the insecurity of a
wife and mother diagnosed with Bipolar illness. The purpose of these
resources is to offer help and hope to those who struggle with “secret”
pain, those difficult life crises that are hard to understand or discuss,
harder still to experience. Mental illness is perhaps one of the loneliest
and most isolating of life crises. This family shares their own story with
hopes their lives will offer help and hope to others who fight every day to
find purpose. This interview is also for those who love someone broken by
mental illness. It is our prayer that many will find help and hope in
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