Thanks to Stephen Fry
Bipolar is an extremely misunderstood and often debilitating illness which eats into the lives of its sufferers daily.The recently screened documentaries on BBC 2 featuring Stephen Fry's brave disclos... continue reading »
"Thank you for your honest and sensitive view into the life of a bipolarity sufferer."
"Thank you for 2 great programmes"
"I support this petition"
"Thanks for being honest and brave, and for portraying the disorder in it's true form. Many members of my family watched and thanks to you, they understand so much more. Well done"
"This programme was a practical common sense eye opener for me. I've never talk about my extreme peaks and troughs to anyone but this has programme has allowed a self diagnosis to why my life has been dogged by huge triumph and disastorous failure."
"I suffer from severe Clinical Depression and I work with special needs foster children, many of whom are bipolar. Mental illness is so misunderstood and ostracised. Thank you for making this documentary."
"Keep It Up!!"
"open up my mind, really helped me. thankyou stephen fry"
"Thank goodness someone started this 'thank you' petition - i was desperately looking for a way to express my gratitude and relief that someone with your calibre of success as an artist has had the profound courage to step forward and reveal his innermost "
"my other half has bp but hasn't been able to watch the program in full yet - it's waiting in the vcr. i have watched it and it felt strange to be doing so alone. i suppose we'll share when the time is right - 5 years on things are getting a little easier."
"I support this petition"
"thankyou so much, it helped me accept my bipolar x x x"
"Although living in he US precluded me form seeing the documentary, I have some wonderful friends who took notes on your broadcast for me and I have a DVD of it waiting for me when next I'm back home in Blighty. Thank-you, thank-you for being such an eloqu"
"Please take care of yourself and those you love."
"truly a great man!"
"I support this petition"
"To Stephen, definitely a bipolar heavy"
"Made me cry, made me smile. Oh how we hide behind our masks. Fantastic program - Opened the eyes of people around me. Much needed publicity. Thank you to a fellow Manic Depressive, fellow writer, fellow gay person, and fellow Oxbridge survivor."
"Best programme re bipolar ever!"
"After watching this I went to the GP and was diagnosed soon after - Thank You xxx"
"In memory of Lisa who lost her battle with Bipolar II disorder in Novermber 2005. Such a waste, I know stigma played a large role in her death, and this program fights that stigma - at least, I believe so. Thanks Stephen."
"thanks for giving people around me some insight into what it is like to live with this condition both the good and the bad bits!"
"A deep heartfelt "thank you" from a fellow manic depressive. For the first time I feel that the condition has been honestly presented in a way that does not make me want to deny my health status."
"Thank you so much, it helped my friends and family understand and relate a bit better to me."
"Thank you Stephen"