This challenge was created to:

• Raise awareness about bipolar disorder
• Encourage a practice of self reflection by writing our feelings
• Appreciate our bipolar disorder with a sense of love and gratitude
• Recognise the pain and suffering we experienced, in our own way
• Ultimately accept our condition and embrace our uniqueness
• Hopefully reduce stigma around mental health disorders within our respective communities

The project is for anyone affected by bipolar! You may or may not have been diagnosed (yet) or are a caregiver, family member, friend, partner, healthcare worker etc … or simply just curious about it. This is an open, inclusive and safe space to share.

Some basic ground rules:

• Be respectful and kind – any hate speech will be reported and removed. If you feel offended or triggered by anyone’s letter, please flag it in a comment to us so that it can be rectified. We will reach out to the writer to either amend or remove.
• Be as open as you feel comfortable being – feel free to post anonymously or sign off with your social media username, if you’d like to be discoverable
• Be yourself – post in any language that you feel most comfortable writing this love letter in. You do you! We can always google translate it into English eventually. Post a translation underneath or separately if you wish
• Be expressive – you can be creative! Let your emotions flow in either words, picture, gifs or video too. Play around and you can always edit later
• Be inspired – read the other existing letters and know that you’re not alone! Reach out to people or follow them on social media (if they’re discoverable like if they posted a visible username in their sign off). Check back in from time to time to see whether the number of letters have grown!