As a pastor living with bipolar, I’m always digging deeper in prayer, trying to figure out how best to pray for someone to truly flourish—both in their faith and their mental well-being. It’s not always easy or straightforward. Sometimes it feels like something powerful and supernatural is happening and other times, nothing seems to be happening.

I have been manic and hypomanic before. Most people that live with bipolar know what it’s like to enter into the madness of Mania. Sometimes it’s euphoric, other times is exciting. Usually its terrible, but this time is was dark and terrible which was a bit of a scary combination.