What is Bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects mood, energy, thinking, and behavior. The key feature is that a person experiences extreme mood shifts — not just normal ups and downs — that can interfere with daily life.

Depression

• Low mood, sadness, or emptiness
• Loss of energy or interest
• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
• Difficulty concentrating
• Feeling hopeless or slowed down

Mania or Hypomania

• Very high energy or racing thoughts
• Needing less sleep but not feeling tired
• Talking fast or jumping between ideas
• Feeling unusually confident or impulsive
• Sometimes risky decisions or irritability
• These shifts are medical mood episodes, not personality traits or choices.

• Imagine emotions have a volume knob.  Sometimes turns way too low or way too high without the ability to choose the volumne.
• My brain sometimes runs on zero battery (depression) or 200% power (mania). Treatment helps regulate the charge.
• It’s like diabetes or thyroid disease — something that needs ongoing management, not judgment.

It’s a brain-based mood condition — not just moodiness.

 is to help bring awareness to the Bi-Polar disorder.

Provide therapy through

• Extreme sports
• Animal interaction

Help build self confidence through:

• Ranch and farm experiences
• Horticulture training
• Carpentry trade classes