living with mental illness

At 16, Manvi Mehta couldn’t make sense of what was happening in her mind. Years later, she’s a professor who still lives with bipolar disorder — but now with words, tools, and support. She doesn’t claim to have all the answers — just a story that might help someone feel less alone.

Devshri Chandrakar has been living with bipolar disordersince she was 19 years old. She used art to cope with her mental illness after her college denied her graduation degree.