You'll go inside the challenges of bipolar disorder, through dozens of true stories written by those with the disorder and by those whose lives have been touched by the disease.

Introduction: The Healing Project / Debra LaChance -- An introduction to bipolar disorder / Marina Benaur -- Next to normal: bipolar disorder takes center stage / Juliann Garey -- pt. 1: How it feels. Buried under water / H. Rachelle Graham -- Sui Generous / Juliann Garey -- Psychosis / Stephen Kolter -- One sparkling facet / Natalie B. Rowe -- So, you crazy?/ Nicole Kafka -- Ups and downs / Gareth Allen -- There's always something more than meets the eye / Sarah Colman-Hayes -- pt.2: Diagnosis. The girl who used to be me / Gail Livesay -- A new painting / Sandy McPheron -- What they see is what you get: on the (mis)diagnosis, un-diagnosis, and re-diagnosis of bipolar disorder / J.P.Whetsell -- A little help from my friend / Maria Norman -- The struggle and the hope / Valerie Avrutis -- My vision of recovery / Shannon C. Flynn -- pt. 3: Bipolar is in our blood. My mother's keeper / Patricia F. D'Ascoli -- Hope / Annie Kassof -- Bipolar disorder: a mother's perspective / Jamie Weil -- Bipolar disorder: a daughter's perspective / Amanda Weil -- Research takes brains / Judith Beth Cohen -- Committal / Anne Skal -- pt. 4: The caregivers. Almost contagious / Caroline Nye -- Husband's two cents / Jeff McKinstry -- Just a normal girl / Richard Day Gore -- Making memories / Lisa Frank -- Hand in hand with a bipolar husband / Maria Sosh -- pt. 5: I've learned to manage it. Dealing with alternative cloud patterns / Kathryn Presley -- You know me / Pamela Richards -- Forward momentum / Anne S. Zanoni -- Why I write / David O'Neal -- Seeking freedom / Matthew Rennels -- Let the music be your master / Sherry Stearn -- Dear Valerie / Beth Friedlander -- Pushing forward / Amy Pilkington -- Love has no boundaries / Carrie McCarter.