Being a Mother with Bipolar Disorder

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“I am the second of five sisters of a family who grew up in La Cisterna commune, south of Santiago. As a child I was cheerful, educated, with a soul of explorer, but also very introspective and sensitive. My first depression came early, at ten years of age, when the Asian crisis hit the family economy. My sisters and I were switched from a particular English and lay school to one subsidized by strict nuns. In addition, my mother went to work and…