Sean Blackwell
Description
Bipolar Disorder is an incurable mental illness requiring a lifetime of psychiatric medication – or is it?
Bipolar Awakenings chronicles one man's qu
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est to show the world that bipolar disorder is not the debilitating genetic condition we have been led to believe. Instead, Sean Blackwell believes it is a disorder with deep spiritual roots that can be healed if approached from a more enlightened perspective.
However, as he demonstrates with a stunning theory that blends transpersonal and integral psychology, bipolar disorder is not healed by regressing to pre-modern religious rituals. Rather, a bold leap forward into our natural quantum dimension is required.
The original spark that ignited Sean's mission was his own "bipolar awakening," which led to a brief hospitalization in 1996. During an intensive self-help seminar, he fell into the spiritual delusion of thinking he was dead and about to ascend to Heaven. He shares the details of that story in his first book, "Am I Bipolar or Waking Up?"
However, unlike most anti-psychiatry critics, Blackwell wasn't interested in protesting. He walks his talk, as he has been actively working with people who struggle with their bipolar condition from the day he took up the cause. His mission has rarely been easy, as he has continually bumped up against the limitations of not only mainstream medicine, but the alternative movement as well.
With an intimate and humorous style that toggles between breakthrough theoretical ideas and shocking client processes, "Bipolar Awakenings, The Quest to Heal Bipolar Disorder," shares Blackwell's setbacks and triumphs as he gives birth to a revolutionary approach to healing what is widely regarded as an incurable condition.
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