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What it's like to be a Black woman with bipolar disorder

Feb 7, 2024
Naomi Jackson, a person with lived experience of bipolar disorder, shares her journey and discusses the challenges of discerning fears from racism and symptoms of the disorder. The episode explores the impact of mental illness on the narrator's family, their personal struggles, and the fear of encounters with the police as a mentally ill black person.
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