Tessa Bergmeier made her bipolar disorder public in the jungle camp. She is not alone with the diagnosis. Manic-depressive illnesses are among the most common psychiatric illnesses in Germany. And they are dangerous. The facts.
Tessa Bergmeier is manic-depressive. In the jungle camp at “I’m a star – get me out of here!” told the former “Germany’s Next Top Model” candidate freely about her bipolar disorder. “[Eine] Bipolar disorder is depression and mania. You have infinite energy, you can draw infinite energy – but the body doesn’t,” she explained. And further: “Many describe it like this: you feel like Jesus. you know you are god I felt everything is connected. I am everything and nothing.”
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Source: Stern