Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6jxvAUVGYc Starts at: 00:56:55 (jump to 00:56:55)
MCs Discuss Renee’s Story on Bipolar Disorder
[00:56:55] we got a lot of a lot of different names up here there are on the list so but she is basically you [00:57:06] know pouring her heart right there and telling us the the struggle of bipolar disorder you have the [00:57:13] the mood shifts where you’re up and everybody’s your friend and they want to you know they they [00:57:19] want that person and when you’re not on your medications and you’ve got that manic mood it’s [00:57:24] like you it’s not always the best situation and going back to that shift it’s a depressive state [00:57:34] but once again she said it best and also i’d like to she said that uh once she got diagnosed [00:57:44] you know it gave her some clarity like why she did things and a way to figure out how to make [00:57:50] things better so that was pretty dope too for sure [00:57:54] yeah yeah i i stumbled across her connect like other uh like music stuff that she was doing [00:58:01] and uh come to find out that she was really outspoken about about mental health um you know [00:58:08] so i i just i i tested her and i was like renee then um and she was really cool about it um you [00:58:15] know that it was really reputable in uh australia and on this side of the pond um it’s it’s cool for [00:58:24] me to talk about the illness um so bluntly so yeah all right i guess uh david you want to introduce [00:58:34] the next video here of course so up next we have dr ashley elliott name correct uh she is a local [00:58:44] mental health advocate and artist and i am just so happy that we have her this year again because [00:58:51] last year she came after she just came [00:58:54] birth and brought the baby with that was like a newborn baby and she [00:58:59] you know went out and started dancing her heart out and i was so impressed i was like [00:59:06] thank you um and so she really brought uh our last year’s event together and i’m so glad that [00:59:12] we could uh get a piece of what she’s expressing today so dr ashley elliott [00:59:24] uh did you get that yeah and so uh some name of her song is called something has to break and [00:59:35] as she said um you know sometimes we’re burdened with the weight of our addictions or symptoms or [00:59:40] just finding the power to live so every day she i tell myself for my clients we’ve been fighting [00:59:46] too hard for this to be our end hold on sometimes something has to break we’ll make it through