Introduction and Interview : Masha Pushkin Illustrations : Tanya Safonova March 30, 2017 March 30-the birthday of the artist Vincent Van Gogh, who, with his dramatic biography and surprisingly contrasting paintings, researchers consider the classic embodiment of a manic-depressive genius. On this day, people with bipolar disorder are celebrated in the world.

On March 30, it was declared an international community on the study of bipolar disorders (ISBD) during the day of bipolar disorder in order to draw attention to the difficulties that people face this diagnosis in our society. Samizdat publishes an excerpt from the new book “Bipolaries” , which was written by Masha Pushkin, one of the creators of our text about Bar , translator of Kay Jamison’s book “The Restless Mind” and the curator of the Bipolar Association group.