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These are fantastic, and do much for allowing us to connect with the movement. It isnât âjust historicâ now that itâs in color. Itâs all of us here and now.
Jenifer Lewis discusses managing her life and career with bipolar disorder for the past 25 years for Mental Health Awareness Month.
When you think of Jenifer Lewis, her larger-than-life personality is no doubt one of the first things that comes to mind. In virtually every role weâve seen her in, Lewis is the boss, friend, mother, or auntie that will always say whatâs on her mind and itâs that persona that almost stopped the actress from seeking treatment for her mental health issues more than 25 years ago.
âI was seeing a psychotherapist and that was very helpful, but I was hell-bent on not taking medication because I did not want it to interfere with that extra edge, that extra high that we get. A lot of people are addicted to the high,â she told us in an exclusive interview for Mental Health Awareness Month.
The âweâ she spoke of are the 5.7 million adults in the United States currently living with bi-polar disorder, a mental health condition characterized by âunusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks,â according to the National Institutes of Mental Health.
âSometimes I suspected that something was not quite right,â Lewis said. âEspecially during the time when the AIDS epidemic was at its height and my grief was pretty much out of control. No one was talking about bi-polar disorder and mental illness back then. I had lost so many friends and loved ones. My spiral into depression was overwhelming; I could not function. Thatâs when I couldnât ignore the fact that something was wrong anymore.â
Lewis learned of her condition in 1990, but the actual diagnosis was a much easier pill to swallow than the medication sheâd need to treat her disorder. It would take another four years after the diagnosis for Lewisâ therapist to help her get over the âfear that [medication] would interfere with my performing, which of course it did not and it does not,â she said. But in the early years, Lewis noted she very much adhered to the unfortunate stigma surrounding treatment for mental illness. âI didnât want to take the medication at all. Nobody ever really does.â
It didnât take long for Lewis to realize her âedgeâ was still there. As her career flourished, she even starred in her own one-woman show about living with the mental condition. âI wrote a show, just as a joke actually, and called it âBipolar, Bath, & Beyond,â just to bring some humor to it. I wasnât saying to myself that Iâll âcome outâ with it â I didnât think there was anything to âcome outâ with â I was just writing another one-woman show about my life. Having been diagnosed with bipolar was, yes a fact, but [I said] letâs have fun with it. I wrote about it, sang about it, danced about it. I never thought it was something to be ashamed of.â
Thankfully, neither did Lewisâ friends or family members who were very supportive of the entertainerâs journey and proud of her for seeking help and encouraging others to do the same.
âThere was no great reaction, everybody knew I was âcrazyâ before and after the diagnosis. I was still me. It is true that [bi-polar disorder] is a big deal, but if you learn how to manage it, it doesnât have to be a big deal. You can learn the skills to take care of yourself â just like I did.â
This is so very important for the black community to see, because we so rarely, if ever, see older black adults speak on this⌠Itâs usually them who are saying âpray on itâ or âgo exerciseâ, mostly do to them not really understanding whatâs really going onâŚ
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