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Jessica Ward-King

BSc, PhD, aka the StigmaCrusher, is a mental health advocate and keynote speaker with a rare blend of academic expertise and lived experience. Equipped with a doctorate in experimental psychology and firsthand knowledge of bipolar disorder, she’s both heavily educated and, as she likes to say, heavily medicated. Crazy smart, she’s been crushing mental health stigma since 2010.

Hiding my struggle with depression
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Hiding my struggle with depression

On Zoom I look polished; off-camera I collapsed. That’s high-functioning bipolar depression: an exhausting, Oscar-worthy mask that hides real suffering, blocks support, and confuses loved ones.

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