I’m a graduate student at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. I’m in the process of writing my thesis on the lived experience of people with bipolar illness. I want to know what “recovery” means to people with bipolar. I ask this question because literature on mental illness/health refers to this point in time as the “recovery movement.” I take great personal interest in my topic as I grapple with my own bipolar diagnosis. February of 2008 will mark the first anniversary of the beginning of my recovery. So, I’ve become the Bipolar Researcher to learn from others who have gone down this path before me. Who better to inform the world about bipolar illness than those who have the illness?
