Change My Mind, Margaret Trudeau

(Margaret is a former 'first lady' of Canada. She was formerly married to then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau)

Margaret's battle with bipolar and mental illness has been very public. She is noted for her odd public behaviour and mental illness at a time it was considered a taboo stigma. She got a lot of flack and was treated unfairly and deplorably by the public.

Anyway, she recounts her life before and after her diagnosis. She was diagnosed later in life and like many of us looks back to a turbulent life. I particularly felt myself drawn to her descriptions of mania. It is as though she was describing my own life.

Anyway, my psychiatrist gave me the book on loan. It really made a difference to me at a time I was questioning myself and what it meant to be and deal with bipolar.