You already admire people who live with bipolar disorder.

Diagnosed with bipolar II in 2001, she kept it private for nearly two decades — afraid it would end her career — before speaking openly and getting back to the music she loves.

Spoke publicly about her diagnosis in 2020, describing the relief of finally having a name for what she'd been facing — and using her platform to make it less frightening for others.

Shared her diagnosis in 2019. The fear she'd carried became openness — and a refusal to let a label shrink her ambition.

Diagnosed as a teenager, the singer has spoken candidly about living and creating with bipolar disorder rather than hiding it.

The Star Wars icon was diagnosed in the early 1980s and became one of her generation's most fearless, funny, and beloved mental-health advocates. (In memoriam.)

Disclosed her bipolar II diagnosis in 2011, choosing to speak up specifically so others wouldn't feel they had to suffer in silence.

One of the first major stars to go public — in the 1980s — she wrote a landmark book and testified before Congress about living with the illness. (In memoriam.)

The writer and broadcaster has lived with bipolar disorder for decades and made a celebrated documentary about it, helping a generation talk openly about mental health.

The veteran journalist shared her diagnosis in her memoir and speaks plainly about the value of steady, consistent treatment.

A high-powered entertainment lawyer who concealed severe bipolar disorder for years, then wrote about it with unflinching honesty in two acclaimed books.

The cartoonist turned her diagnosis into warm, practical, widely loved graphic memoirs that have helped countless readers feel less alone.

Author of a searing memoir about living at the severe end of the bipolar spectrum — and finding a way to a meaningful life anyway.

The founder of CNN has spoken about being treated for bipolar disorder — a reminder that the condition reaches the boardroom, not only the arts.

Co-founder of Bonobos, he built a major company while managing bipolar disorder and later wrote a candid memoir about the cost of hiding it.

Co-founder of Kayak and subject of Tracy Kidder's A Truck Full of Money — and a leader in our own community.

A corporate consultant who kept her diagnosis secret for decades before telling her story in Brain Storm — and a member of our community.

A clinical psychologist at Johns Hopkins who studies the illness she lives with. Her memoir reshaped how the world understands bipolar disorder.

A retired U.S. Army major general who led troops in Iraq before a late-onset diagnosis — and who now writes and speaks openly. A member of our community.