Post Your Review of “Blessed with Bipolar” Here
Richard Jarzynka
The first 89 pages of my book, BLESSED WITH BIPOLAR, can be read at this GOOGLE link. I invite you to take a look at it and post your review here on my blog. You can also get a look at the Table of Contents – and I wouldn’t be at all upset if you decided to recommended it to a friend, post the link on your website/Twitter/Facebook page, and/or make a purchase. There is a link on the book’s Google page where you can get it for 39% off of the retail price. That brings it down to something like $12.75.
And don’t be afraid to beat me up in your review. As my 3-year-old nephew told me yesterday, “I’m a Big Children!” So I can take a tough review.
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“If you could pick which mental illness to have, bipolar would be the only sane choice.”
Rich
on April 5th, 2010 at 1:19 AM
Hello and thank you, thank you, thank you.
I’m young but feel older than the woods thanks to bipolar rapid cycling.
I survived with god’s good intention through a heroin addiction and bleak childhood and have intensified bipolar now in my early thirties.
But, I am still here and feel the pressures every moment to realise my potential, as a manic depressive. Like you, and now a growing part of bipolar teachers, as that is what we are, I want to harness the amazing emotional intution, the postive optimism (when it is strong and plentiful) and to build an empire for my own soul, for my outside life to reflect my inside abundance of spirit, love and wealth of personal awareness borne from a lifetime of unforgiving but at times inspiring, introspection.
Alas, I cannot manifest this as much as I want to and need to, I feel
like if I could I would have done so now, and hold a bipolar view to my potential, on one hand it could be the perfect ending to a survivor spirit but on the other hand, it may be a lost cause that could haunt and pervade me for the rest of my life, should I resist the whole disability route of my illness. No matter how much I want to bottle my manic charm and absolute confidence and conviction, I lack the skills to translate this into a somewhat colourless and more ordinary world.
I get intimidated by the averageness of our earthbound missions, as
apart from financial security (I have a lot of anxiety constantly) and perhaps to live comfortably with the people I love, I no longer want fame, massive material gain or even admiration and recognition, I know I have already won through so much, and the Lord is truly the one I answer to in my heart and soul. Yet, why do I want this? Why does the Lord challenge me so, in a way that makes me regret my condition and the massive noise it brings to the everyday to make the reality almost fairytale or nightmare in equal share? Sometimes the “normal” is the miracle or goal I want to achieve, and I feel guilt for this also.
Normal isn’t exactly grandiose thinking, and I have that a lot as well.
Anyway, I love reading your writing. You are so intelligent, gentle and entertaining. Your writing is achingly honest and thoughts of mine have been reflected and better yet, enhanced by your own excellent ability to capture the pain and joy of the bipolar experience. I have read this entire blog in big hungry gulps. I miss that more positive bipolar material does not also encourage worship and the peace that only comes from The Lord. He is really the best cure for my anxiety, but I still have a long way to go until I feel him with me always, but reading you is a great start and an excellent reminder of the passion of christ and the success stories of those who love and obey him.
Thank you so, so much for sharing your story and thoughts with me.
I really appreciate it. My name is Renee, I will add you to my FB too.
on April 5th, 2010 at 7:05 AM
The Google link is broken btw.
on July 9th, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Blessed with Bipolar is inspiring and encouraging. It gives me hope to know I can be a Christian and have bipolar too. It is well written and I recommend reading to understand how God is using bipolar people to do HIS will.
on September 17th, 2010 at 11:20 PM
You’re crazy. I am married to a bipolar person and my children are bipolar.I can’t take it anymore. bipolar is NOT A BLESSING IT IS A CURSE!