The author shares her experience as patient and epidemiologist with bipolar disorder and cancer. She explains why stigma was more challenging to bear with bipolar disorder than with cancer. This account also includes the perspective of two psychiatrists who provided her medical care. This paper aims to share a message of hope with patients with psychiatric diseases and offer some thoughts to help to reduce a patient's stigma.
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