TW: self-harm, bipolar disorder, psychosis, suicidal thoughts 

Today Maryellen is joined by a special guest, bipolar advocate Tatyana Frost. Tatyana runs the popular Instagram account, @havingbipolar, and opens up to the OKAY-ISH community about her journey of acceptance and advocacy. The two discuss:  

• Tatyana’s first experience talking about her diagnosis 
• Starting her Instagram during quarantine 
• How she felt when she was first diagnosed 
• Her parent’s reaction to the diagnosis and their relationship  
• How disorders such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD are widely accepted and discussed, but bipolar didn’t make it on the “acceptance train”  
• How, while a lifelong condition, bipolar disorder is still treatable 
• The importance of taking your medication when you have bipolar disorder 
• How Tatyana keeps herself stable 
• How the introduction of lithium changed the game for bipolar disorder  
• What psychosis means and how it can manifest 
• Advice for someone who was just diagnosed with bipolar disorder 
• Advice for family members of someone who was just diagnosed with bipolar disorder 

Be sure to follow Tatyana on Instagram @havingbipolar.  

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