I really want you to hear this interview and listen all the way through. Because it's interesting,

it's moving, and I really want you to hear it because it shows something important about mental

health and mental illness. That mental illness can happen to anyone. You can be incredibly

successful in your work, have a family that loves you, be physically strong,

have everything going for you, and still, and still be visited by mental illness,

which doesn't care who you are. It can get you anyway. The United States Army is a place of

order. There are strict rules. There are hierarchies. There are

detailed procedures to be followed in precise exacting detail. You stay in line. You respect your

place as a cog in a much larger machine. You obey commands from your superiors. You go by the book.

Bipolar disorder is kind of the opposite, especially the

manic phase. It's chaotic. It's impulsive. It's personal. It's unpredictable. So what happens when

you put bipolar disorder in the Army? Well, you get quite a story. It's Depression Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

Bipolar General, my Forever War with Mental Illness, is a new memoir by Greg Martin,

or Major General Greg F. Martin

USA retired. Greg was a two-star general, highly decorated, served in a variety of capacities

in the military, including combat leadership positions in Iraq, and as president of the National

Defense University in Washington, D.C.

He had tremendous success in his career, even as an undiagnosed bipolar disorder, increasingly took over his life.

Greg Martin, welcome to Depression Mode.

Oh, thank you, John. It's a pleasure to be with you.

I enjoyed the book very much. It's a bipolar general, my forever war with mental illness by

Major General Greg F. Martin, USA retired. But as you said before we started, I'm just going to call you, Greg.

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