Bipolar Disorder: The Psychological Architecture of Recovery

Retired, Independent Researcher, Albania

*Corresponding Author: Mrs. Dina Veksler, Retired, Independent Researcher, rr Pavaresia 145, Albania, Phone: +355696670789, Email: [email protected]

Received Date: June 16, 2025

Published Date: July 09, 2025

Citation: Veksler D. (2025). Bipolar Disorder: The Psychological Architecture of Recovery. Mathews J Psychiatry Ment Health. 10(2):52.

Copyrights: Veksler D. (2025).

ABSTRACT

While the conventional view offers symptom management through lifelong medication, this approach led, in the author's case, to full and lasting recovery. This article presents an alternative, experience-based perspective on bipolar disorder. It proposes that bipolar episodes arise not from spontaneous biochemical dysfunction, but from unresolved psychological dynamics, such as internal conflicts, absence of personal meaning, and identity struggles, which, over time, can trigger neurochemical changes. Drawing on the author’s lived experience of long-term illness and eventual recovery, the article outlines a process grounded in self-observation, psychological inquiry, and structured meaning-making. While the conventional model emphasizes emotional regulation through lifelong medication, the author’s approach led to full recovery - not by suppressing symptoms, but by transforming the inner structure that gave rise to them.

Keywords: Bipolar Disorder Recovery, Depression, Mental Health, Psychological Scenario, Chemical Imbalance, Narrative Transformation, Separation Theory, Jungian Analysis.