[Video] Lessons from the mental hospital

Glennon Doyal Melton is a supurb storyteller. In this TedX talk she shares how a stint in a mental hospital was the beginning of turning her life around and reveals how the comradery of the patients there that helped her realse ‘I’m not alone’. Her story of overcoming her addictions is truly inspirational and speaks to similar problems of isolation, denial and poor adherence to the medication and programmes that help the Bipolar manage this disorder.