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He looks like Superman

People have to STOP making fun of mental illness.

As someone whose been diagnosed with bipolar twice, he really explained it perfectly. Such a terrible disorder.

I've been diagnosed with bipolar 2 for over 10 yrs. Now.. I don't wish this mental illness on anyone.. Be kind💙 you don't know who's suffering.

His voice is so calming.

3 decades in to BP2. I feel like a survivor. God bless all of you out there like me. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression.

Me *is bipolar* Me *watches this video like i have no idea bipolar existed*

1. Distractability - cannot sit still or finish any task 2. Imulsovity - doing things without thinking, rash thinking 3. Grandiosity - inflated sense of self 4. Flight of ideas - deas coming out one after the other very quickly 5. Agitation or activity level increase 6. Tending to not need sleep 7. Rapid and pressured speech

I went almost 6 months in mania. I bought 2 new cars, married with 2 kids and I moved out , switched jobs twice, slept maybe 2 hours per night, and the list goes on…. I got onto mood stabilizers and it was a light switch that turned my manic phase off. I liked being in mania but my life around me was a constant train wreck. My life is mostly back to normal with my family and friends support.

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 16. But what I do realize now that I'm older, lots of my lashing out & personality changes were definitely caused by my family in how the way they treated me. Now that I'm older & have separated myself from the negativity I see how much happiness has came into my life, I love it. Most of the time you don't need to take medication, all you have to do is separate yourself from all the negative energy.

I'm 23 today and was diagnosed when I was 16 I have bipolar type 2. I tried to commit suicide when I was 17. I also have ocd and GAD sometimes it's still so hard and I really struggle sometimes but I have good medcines for my bipolar disorder I workout and eat good and sleep okey depending on how I feel but it's a lot better then it used to be. I have really good people around me that really cares about me so i feel safe. But damn. Bipolar disorder is ROUGH! I never thought I would live to see 20 but I'm 23 today and still here so i'm proud that i keep on fighting for myself.

I have bipolar 1. I started at 20 yrs old & am now 65. In my 40's, I actually thought I was much more beautiful than all the super models. I am 5'2" & had given birth to 3 children :/ Because of the tings I did during that full blown mania that hurt my family so bad, is when I crashed, I did DIE by suicide because of the guilt. I was in a coma. It is hell, & there is no cure, BUT I keep working on this, "ONE DAY AT A TIME."

His description of bipolar 1 is a 100% accurate representation of mania. My manic episodes historically have lasted for 3-6 months. It’s so exhilarating & I feel like I am capable of unlimited potential. Yes I have believed I need to save the world. I start new businesses & I take on simultaneous projects that I have no track record in completing. Then the mania ends. The magical neuro-chemical superpowers have depleted. The absolute terror now becomes realised that the original inspiration & motivation has actually been mostly delusional & grandiosity. It’s a living nightmare every time to experience the embarrassment & public humiliation that I create when having an episode. But the reality for me has been probably 20% mania versus 80% depression. Haunted by the destruction of a life in chaos. It’s a loneliness I wouldn’t wish on anyone. A vacuum & a void I can’t even describe. The depressive aspect of bipolarity is hard to survive. Thank you for the clarity in this video. I have stories to tell that can blow peoples minds with respect to my experiences in mania. Beautiful & magical, certainly not all bad or all delusional. But the most honest assessment is that this illness has devastated my life in every area possible over time. Medications are very effective for some people, but not for everyone, including myself. Sending my love to anyone else that suffers with bipolar disorder & also to the families & loved ones that have to carry the burden of a baffling reality they will never fully understand….❤️

"Being upset doesn't mean you have bipolar disorder." No one should make a diagnose without a careful research. Psyciatrists in Argentina would say you are depressed when you just need money to eat and be treated like a human. You cannot judge somone after being one day with them. Mental health needs better awareness. Also, having insomnia doesn't mean you are bipolar. It means you are living with high levels of stress

Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.

I'm a psychiatrist, and I thank you SO much for using this platform to explain the difference between mood lability (so often seen with character pathology) and true bipolar disorder.

Dr. Sportelli comes across as such a gentleman, his voice, appearance, dress and ability to describe the illness, much like a Mr. Rogers. This is a compliment. How many of us felt such a peace and hope when we visited Mr. Rogers as children. Especially those whose family life was less than stable or safe.

My husband has bipolar disorder and the last 2 years have been rough. Attempted suicide and hospitalization. I feel like I have to be hyper vigilant watching his moods and looking for warning signs of an oncoming episode. It's exhausting for everyone involved. I'm thankful for these videos.

Bipolar 2 here, and it’s so exhausting. The depressive periods are the worst vs the mania. But going to enough counseling and understanding what your warning signs are of your mania AND depression about to spike can make huge differences for yourself and the people around you

All of my life I've struggled with depression and anxiety. I also experience episodes of mania. I've always known that there was something going on with my mental health, but I never had the courage to reach out for help. Once I did, I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, and everything made sense. I was actually relieved to know that I was right all along, but also, I felt ashamed because the stigma attached to mental health disorders. Working with my BHC has helped a lot. She helps me walk through the process of managing Bipolar disorder. She also is very open and understanding to my emotions of transitioning into this state of mind that accepts that I do have Bipolar Disorder. That, more than anything, helped me feel comfortable enough to continue reaching out for help. I can't stress enough, if you know there is something off with your mental health, find the courage within you to reach out for help. It may be hard and scary to do so, but it is a necessary step towards progress. I heard a lot of people make fun of Bipolar Disorder, and that needs to stop. Don't be ashamed of having a mental health disordered, instead, take the necessary steps toward managing them, and teach people who have narrow minds about the topic along the way.

I've lived with bipolar depression for about 15 years, everyday seems like a challenge but I've learned to deal with my faults

God bless everyone who's suffering with bipolar, depression & anxiety 🙏

*Dr. Sportelli speaks so compassionately for the people & intelligently about the condition, it shows true dedication on his side of things; using simplified terms & examples to inform. I learned a lot*

I love how Kyle always asks the questions we are thinking!!

i'm bipolar and have stopped taking meds for a long time now i've learned to control it i call it a gift

i was diagnosed with bipolar 1 this month and this video made me feel so safe and validated. thank you❤️

As someone w Bipolar I, it is near impossible to sustain a "normal" life. I've ruined my life over a dozen times during manic episodes. I take my meds every day but there are certain triggers that set me off. I've tried so hard to stay stable (meds, therapy, treatment) but it's terrifying that I can go into a manic episode and not really know it until I come out of it. It's so heavy. And then there comes the depression...

This was sooooooo informational. God bless the entire team for putting this up so brilliantly -:))

This Doctor made me forget about my ex in a second😍

My mother is Bipolar, she recently broke into my home by breaking the window saying that I don't love her even though I'm the only one that is there for her. I am glad I understand this more now because I really don't want to judge her because I know something is wrong. I just moved away because she is very dangerous when she doesn't take her medicine.

So honestly I’m happy that I’ve found this discussion seriously. I was recently diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder I and I’ve been so in denial as of the doctors misdiagnosed me. As I listened to Dr. Sportelli go over the examples I couldn’t help but see myself doing similar things.

I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar disorder until I was 63. I lived and worked my life without knowing why I had manic and depressive symptoms. I went through two marriages unsuccessfully, I was dismissed from EVERY JOB I had. I hoarded a whole house full faced eviction Shunned by family and friends including church I now have meds to help even me out. My retirement, lonely. However, I spent most of my life alone, now I cannot go without meds

That's sounds like Kanye West. And he wants to be a president. His wife Kim was talking about his bi polar condition.

I've got Bipolar 1. Was diagnosed at the beginning of this year, but suspecting for years. I'm currently in a manic state (luckily medicated and managed), and I have been in this state since around the end of May. Over a month of little sleep and constantly changing schedules, grandiose or wild ideas for careers or life plans/lifestyles, getting hyper-focused and obsessed with a bunch of things and doing research on them as if it were my full-time job, and extreme moods like you wouldn't believe. This video is spot on.

Thank you so much for this educational video! The distinction between 1 and 2 is SO IMPORTANT, simply because the treatment method and approach will be completely different. Kudos!

It's sad that this isn't extremely common knowledge by now. Bipolar isn't a difficult illness to understand and yet casually drop the word mania in convo and people look at you like they're a new born baby deer. It takes all of 10 minutes of reading or watching a video to put two and two together and figure out what its about, people just want it out of sight and out of mind like they do with the homeless. It's going to be a long road for society to come to terms with mental illnesses while not blatantly discriminating and stigmatizing. I was diagnosed in 99 and can honestly tell you in many ways the psych field and general public have gone backward since then.

I have finally recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and I’ll tell you this is one of the best descriptions of it I’ve seen in along time.

when i was about 16 i started absolutely losing it. weeks and weeks of missing school just sleeping. then when i wasnt sleeping or very low energy i was violent and mean and irritable. i ended up starting my senior year of high school with 5 credits. both my manic and depressive states make me very suicidal. the one thing that has helped me more than anything is knowledge and self awareness. i have been managing my bipolar 1 for a year and a half and i can safely say that i no longer feel like a danger to myself or others. im a good mom, i keep a semi regular schedule, and things have finally started to go right me. thank to you anyone trying to spread mental health information.

Getting evaluated & diagnosed is everything…getting on the right med’s & staying on them changes everything… don’t wait to ask for help that’s available🙏

This video has helped me raise the awareness of my bipolar disorder, thanks for sharing! It's difficult to talk about social issues sometimes. I'm not comfortable when people have different opinions on those issues.

Once I got diagnosed as Bipolar 2 by a psychiatrist and another one diagnosed me as having ADHD. Psychiatrists are totally subjective when it comes to diagnosing.

Finally, someone that makes it easy to understand what bipolar disorder is! Love his explanations.

Just got diagnosed Bipolar I today. Trying to learn as much as I can. ✌ This is one of the best I've found. It's so perfect.

Finally a decent Bipolar Disorder video. THANK YOU!

I have lived with BP for 24 ish years. It has been a roller coaster. This Covid and working form home has reeked havoc on my mind and soul to say the least. Glad I cam across this video tho. Thank you

You guys did such an amazing job. Very informative and enjoyable to listen to.

Great explanation and analogies. I'm sharing this. I was diagnosed with BP1 at 19. I'm 39 now. It's been a long journey.

He’s very easy on the eyes 👀 and very good at explaining this disorder and the way he is presenting the information is so easy to completely understand and he has such a great voice for teaching !!

I just learned that my aunt had bipolar disorder and no one had ever told me about it. I think she would be embarrassed to talk about it. I had noticed a few times where she was just in a hard place, and now I see where this disorder may have affected her. I never knew or suspected that she had bipolar disorder, but now I feel better that I know more about it.

That just helped me understand this issue much better. I had a incomplete interpretation of this until now. Thank you

I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 approximately 13 years ago and it’s one of the worst mental illnesses you can suffer with. It’s destroyed relationships in my life. It’s horrible no matter if you take meds to help.

Ummmm. This doctor is gorgeous. I can't stop looking at his eyes

My prayers for those people experiencing bipolarity. I am glad we´ve raised awareness about this disorder which I faced for 12 years. I almost jumped off a bridge one time, but didn´t think I was going to die. I learned to watch my sleep and stress, and my diet. I simplified my life and became very appreciative of what the Lord gave me. My journal helped me to keep track of my feelings, thoughts, and emotions. There are more things we can do to improve our mental health. It´s not easy, but is possible to overcome it and lead a healthy life. My last episode was in 1999 and sometimes I miss my manic episodes. I only was 20 years old when I thought I could be the president of my country or do so many things. God bless all the psychiatrist and psychologists!

Dude purple is looking at him like...hmmmm he's describing me! 🤣 All jokes aside... i'm really sick of people running around saying they are bipolar and many don't even know what it is. Its nice that he is explaining the difference between the two and how they function.

I’m have bipolar disorder I w/psychosis. I would go around to movie venues telling them I was a movie critic to get in free, wardrobe coordinator for a reality show going into luxury stores to try stuff on, screenwriter to make a movie about my fabulous life, and the Guinness books worlds fastest typist thinking I had crashed network computers. I was also a superhero sent to stop people from driving drunk feeling I could pounce on speeding cars to stop them marching up and down the freeway 12 hours at a time without no sleep. I took off to West Hollywood, CA; stayed at the chateau marmont thinking I was a celebrity. Picked up a homeless man and drove 100 mph on sunset blvd. I flew back home wondering why nobody wanted to party with me anymore? That’s when I called 911 for help. I was undiagnosed 😢

I love this channel. Thank you so much for the variety of content and the professionals who make it so easy to understand for those not in the field 🙏💜🙏

Thank you so much for this, my dad is JUST like this and it was such an eye opener. As a young child and even now, he would promise all these things to me but would never fulfill them. He would create these businesses too (i think like three or four) to the point where he would put so much money into a “business” that when he gives up, he would fall into the depression stage and wouldn’t provide for my brother and I. He would also (and still does) tell me that God spoke to him. For instance, once he was dating this one girl from a different country and when he went to meet her in person for the first time, he proposed to her (they only knew each other for two months) on a mountain (according to him) and claimed that God spoke to him in that moment. They never ended up getting married which is what i expected though. I love my dad of course but i just wanted to share my personal experiences and thank Medcircle for making this video.

I want to say thank you for providing this, and after reading the story of who created this/owns it/runs it I am impressed with the information shared here on KZfaq and your website{s). I am just a civilian advocate and since 2008 been sharing what information I could about my mental illnesses as info only as well as living with severe chronic pain that medical science can't do anything for. I shared and show your KZfaq channel and Website on my live broadcast on Twitch to help reach more people. And show them that they have someplace to look up good information. Thank you again to the 2 person team that started this. :) As well as any other team members working to make this all happen.

Great description, I've never heard of it that way before, very informative, thankyou

This is so damn relatable. I confused being a maniac with the symptoms of falling in love dor the first time. I didn’t feel the need to sleep, felt like a superhuman, wouldn’t sit even once in the entire day. I felt sooo much so that I wanted to talk to some Doctor for being so high and so happy. At times, I wont be able to read even a single paragraph from any book.

Describing my husband. Suddenly his behaviors make sense. He described going days without sleep in elementary school! He had no idea this wasn't normal until I told him. He also thinks he is operating at his best during that time so he likes to kick it up a notch by drinking a pot of espresso strength coffee and using a can of dip per day. It is exhausting and brings me to the verge of divorce when he gets really bad.

5 minutes listening to this Dr. Is the first step of healing.

The voice was so calming. This video was fascinating to me and I got so much out of it. It was extremely helpful to me as well as I thought I may have bipolar disorder before watching and this video has made it extremely clear to me that I have Bipolar Disorder and I have experienced and have almost all of the symptoms. Thankyou for posting these videos . I'm never get into trouble or anything that extreme at all though. I have a Degree in Major Psychology

You explained that really well doc. I have been diagnosed with bipolar I in my younger years, but now I’m more bipolar II because of more depressive episodes.

Please do more on this topic. Thank you so much for this information.

He is so informative!!

After my head injuries I had mania. But I'm not bipolar. Just listening to this is making me tired.

Thank you so much for posting this, please do more on mania and psychosis and please perhaps touch on mixed episodes, thank you!

I have never heard anyone explain it so well.very clear explanations.thank God I came across this video.

My sister told our whole family I was bipolar. Everyone always looks and talks to me like I am crazy. It's funny to me really. But I am older now can't say I was anything like you explain but definitely had something going on. For one if someone in your family has any sort of mental issues do not put them on blast and say you are trying to help them. For two I stayed away from drugs drinking and manipulative people. Feel"normal" for 7 plus years. I stress for to long but I don't think not sure if that is a mental issue. I hope everyone can find help.❤️If they need it.

7 years ago I had a mental breakdown, was horrible. Was a blessing in disguise as I checked into the hospital. I'm #2 but since getting the medicine I so desperately needed, life is good. I now know how it feels to have a healthy brain, very grateful! I've never missed a dose, taking on time. I was misdiagnosed for years, happy to have this sorted out. I gotta say....it's annoying how Hollywood uses this disease as a joke. People see the movie and assume this is accurate behaviour, it saddens me. Great video ty.✌♥️🇨🇦

I had to google this doctor because I thought for a bit that he was an actor. Lol

I have learned a lot from this, I didn't know exactly what pibolar disease was until I watched this video. This is one of the greatest videos I have watched.

Hi just came across this very helpful channel I just need to say I could listen to this guy speak all night 🥰

I shared this with my fellow AMFT's and clinical supervisor. I think this is the best explanation for bipolar d/o I've seen or heard in a while.

This was explained so well. I’ve always struggled with understanding all the dx requirements. Thank you!

Omg this was so educational thank you I have a family member going through this and this video is going to help me understand 😢

Thank you for explaining bipolar disorder so well and in the language that people can understand

THANK YOU FOR THESE VIDEOS!!!!!! All others are out of date and dreadful! Sincerely, someone studying for LCSW

Thank goodness they have done one on bipolar disorder, I was diagnosed with bipolar before I turned 20 I’m now 21 with a baby and I am stable for now

Explained so beautifully, thanks so much~ ☀️

That's the best video out here explaining Bipolar

If this was my doctor I wouldn’t be able to function. He looks like Clark Kent 😍

Why are all the doctors on this show so suspiciously gorgeous. How am I supposed to focus on anything he saaaays xD

Yes, this is so true. I have stories of my husband exactly like this. It is very scary for him and me. I worry about this everyday of our lives. The close watch with medication is key!

as a person who has bipolar 1 disorder it’s so hard for me to understand my own mental illness, this video worded how i feel/think perfectly.

He's right about the differences between 1 and 2. I'm 2, there's times when I'm having mania and depression at the same time.

Diagnosed BP2 in my late teens. Have tried countless meds, treatments..ect for 30 years with very little relief. You just come to a point where you live with it Side note...every med I tried put me right into mania. Out of control behavior and thoughts with ZERO thought or care of the consequences. Completely opposite of my normal personality.

Just love your explanation.

I feel when I am happy someone comes in and mess up my day.

We live in very dangerous time of the World. All around mentally challenging issues .

I’m bipolar and it sucks, I love it

You can really sense the intense love and interest he has for his profession. He's young enough still that he hasn't gotten jaded from all the craziness he witnessed in his job. My hat's off to this doc! He absolutely seems to LOVE what he does!!😎😎

Thanks so much for sharing this valuable information.

Thank you so much for this!

This is so informative. Thank you.

This Doctor could be a successful model or actor, because of his look and manners. It’s a compliment, with all my respect😊

Definitely explains my testimony of years of experience not realizing until my 30s something was wrong...I am on bipolar medication for the 1st time in yrs of being thrown antidepressants that did nothing...I have stumbled across a wonderful therapist that trusted I knew myself more and I told her that I was positive that I have bipolar 11...I have been on limectal 25mg for 1 week and my life is changing over night...I feel normal again...less anxious...I sleep thru the night without waking up...the crying hopeless spells have not happened once and it became a daily struggle not to cry or sleep all day long...I feel motivated and started feeling like putting on makeup again and doing my hair...I had to force myself to do these things for past few yrs...I know my life is only going to get better from here as long as I stick with my medication and therapy