It's challenging to one day think that you're a literal God and that you control everything and then the next day think that you're garbage.

It's a whiplash effect in your mind and body and spirit that is still to this day hard to describe and explain to people.

Welcome to the Psychology Podcast. Today we welcome Gabe Howard to the show.

Gabe is an award-winning podcast host, author, and salt after speaker.

He hosts the Inside Mental Health Podcast and is the author of Mental Illness as an Assault and other observations.

He's been featured in numerous publications including Bipolar Magazine, WebMD, HealthLine.com, and the Stanford Online Medical Journal.

Among his many awards, he is the recipient of Mental Health America's Norman Gutri Award and received a resolution from the governor of Ohio naming him in quote, everyday hero.

In this episode, I talked to Gabe Howard about living with Bipolar Disorder.

An illness that is characterized by emotional highs and emotional lows. Gabe shares what phases of meaning and depression are really like and how the sudden shifts feel so jarring.

Even though the disorder has its own set of challenges, Gabe is a starch believer in taking responsibility for his actions.

He opens up about his journey of recovery and the coping strategies that have benefited him.

We also talk about the common misconceptions about people with Bipolar Disorder and public figures who may have had this mental illness.

We try really hard in this episode to humanize Bipolar Disorder and I really appreciate games, honesty, and vulnerability throughout this entire chat.

So that further ado, I bring you Gabe Howard.

Gabe Howard is so great to have you on the psychology podcast today.

Well, thank you so much for having me. I really, really appreciate it.

Yeah, fellow psychology podcaster host of the podcast Inside Mental Health. Your interest in mental health, is it personal?

It's very, very personal. I live with Bipolar Disorder and I guess the answer to the question is yes, yes it is personal.

I mean, that was a soft soft ball lobby because I knew today the topic of our conversation today is going to be living with Bipolar and that will probably be the title of the episode.

And we're going to have as real a conversation about this as possible.

We're going to talk about the standard stigmas against it and we're going to talk about some maybe some taboo corners of the mind today.

I love it. Yeah, well, I'm a big believer, Gabe. I'm a big believer in a humanistic approach that doesn't only focus on the positive.

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