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How Does it Feel like to have Bipolar I Disorder?

As a first-degree bipolar youth and a mental health enthusiast, I come open to the public as a survivor of the illness for the purpose of creating awareness and helping vulnerable people to manage and curb the condition respectively. A descriptive word for Bipolar Disorder is a chronic condition characterized by different episodes of mood swings that may vary from depressive lows to extreme manic highs. I experienced my first manic condition at the age of 26, which is concurrent with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on the common onset age for the condition. In the bimodal distribution of the illness, CDC also reveals that the condition can sometimes show at any age, provided that the underlying factors, such as a chemical imbalance in the brain are triggered.  Away from research, this article particularly focuses on my experience with the condition, which is a period of one year since I was diagnosed as a manic depression patient. I will therefore expla...

A letter to Mr.President written on the day of Inauguration of 5th President of Republic of Kenya

 Dear Mr. President-elect, On behalf of the Kenyan Youths Society (KYS), I want to categorically congratulate you for the resilience, boldness, and indefatigable nature that you and the Kenya Kwanza team at large have shown in the country’s politics. We all agree that from the country’s historical constructs, you eminently rose above the torrents to challenge the system; that has been the case since time memorial. Clearly, you have become a real ‘Man of the People', which every citizen will prove in due course as you get along with your reign, all thanks to God. ‘Chief Hustler’, you fervenutly know the conditions within the bracket and we have no reason to explain all we need since you are and have been a chairman of the poor, the less fortunate, and of all, the competent jobless graduates. From the time of the Supreme Court’s declaration, we felt like the second coming of Christ dawned on us, and with hopes and happiness, we exalted God’s grace.  Your Excellency, as th...