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    Cita Astals was a famous actress and politician in the Philippines who struggled with bipolar disorder. In 2009, she began experiencing manic episodes where she heard voices in her head. She was eventually diagnosed with bipolar type 1 disorder. Three years later, in an interview, Cita shared her story of coping with the illness and regaining her well-being through treatment and medication. Her journey helped break the stigma around mental illness and showed others that it is possible to manage the disorder. While the process was difficult, with patience and proper care, people can prevail and live fulfilling lives even with conditions like bipolar disorder.

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    Cita Astals was a famous actress and politician in the Philippines who struggled with bipolar disorder. In 2009, she began experiencing manic episodes where she heard voices in her head. She was eventually diagnosed with bipolar type 1 disorder. Three years later, in an interview, Cita shared her story of coping with the illness and regaining her well-being through treatment and medication. Her journey helped break the stigma around mental illness and showed others that it is possible to manage the disorder. While the process was difficult, with patience and proper care, people can prevail and live fulfilling lives even with conditions like bipolar disorder.

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    Medici Di Makati College: "Cita Astals Recounts Struggles With Mental Disorder" Reaction Paper

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    Cita Astals was a famous actress and politician in the Philippines who struggled with bipolar disorder. In 2009, she began experiencing manic episodes where she heard voices in her head. She was eventually diagnosed with bipolar type 1 disorder. Three years later, in an interview, Cita shared her story of coping with the illness and regaining her well-being through treatment and medication. Her journey helped break the stigma around mental illness and showed others that it is possible to manage the disorder. While the process was difficult, with patience and proper care, people can prevail and live fulfilling lives even with conditions like bipolar disorder.

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    MEDICI DI MAKATI COLLEGE

    1061 Metropolitan Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati


    City, Philippines 1200

    Name: IGNACIO, Andee Date: February 20, 2021


    School: Medici Di Makati College Course & Level: BS- Nursing Level IV

    “Cita Astals Recounts Struggles with Mental Disorder” Reaction Paper

    Introduction
    Cita Astals was one of the most famous actress during the year 1992 in a classic local TV
    show called, Home Along Da Riles and she became a politician after in the succeeding years.
    Unfortunately, she went through a depressing stage after she lost in one of the elections as a
    Counselor. On the year 2009, she experienced hearing random voices talking inside her head
    that wouldn’t stop. She could not understand where it was coming from and who they were,
    and it had greatly affected her well-being. On the same year, Cita was eventually diagnosed
    with a mental disorder called, Bipolar Type 1 (Mania) disorder. Three years has passed, Cita was
    interviewed by Ms. Korina Sanchez in a local radio station, DZMM, talking about her journey on
    recovering from her condition.

    During the interview, Cita was in disbelief that after 3 years she was able to regain
    herself against her illness. She initiated to share her story to the public especially on how she
    coped up and became optimistic to those people who were suffering the same mental disorder
    that she had. Despite the unfortunate events and the humiliation that she went through, Cita
    still managed to break the stigma about Mental Disorders.

    Insights
    The journey of Cita Astals was inspiring because the way she approached her mental
    disorder can help a lot of people in this generation on how to cope up with certain challenges in
    life. Confidence is usually the hardest part to regain especially in her situation that she is a
    known artist and politician. But she found her way to seek for treatment and she even managed
    to study and discuss the chemical imbalance, specifically Dopamine and Serotonin, that affected
    her cognitive behavior. There were a lot of symptoms that she mentioned during the interview
    regarding Manic Episode and at the same time she also expressed that compliance to the
    medication is also important in the process of recovery. It was evident that Cita really struggled
    fighting against an invisible enemy, but she prevailed because of her strong will to hold on
    hope. Imagine being trapped in your own thoughts and then one day the media had to
    disrespectfully ambushed you and bring you to the Psychiatric facility without knowing. That
    part was really disheartening for me.

    Two things that really strike me the most are, 1) Caring for a patient diagnosed with
    Bipolar should take a lot of patience. One must not be carried away by their invincible attitude
    because sometimes they would say something hurtful, but they don’t really mean it. Like Cita,
    all they need is someone to listen to them and not dismiss their thoughts, even if they do
    appear slightly difficult. 2) Anyone can be affected by this condition at any time in their lives.
    From the richest to the poorest on the planet and even the most loved and supported by their
    family around them can experience it. But once the mania or depression strikes, none of the
    valued people and things can be seen. So why do we stigmatized it and treat it differently to
    physical illness? Mood stabilizers are one way to treat them and after all, mental illness does
    not discriminate.

    Conclusion
    One of the lessons that I have gained from Cita Astals’ story is that, one must know how
    to accept defeat and seek for help. It is also timely that our devotion with Maam Recile was
    about a reminder that God has Greater plans for us. It may not be the plan that we wanted and
    sometimes the process can be painful and hard, but it could also mean that He is also preparing
    us for the greater future. Unfortunately, during the time when Cita was diagnosed of Bipolar
    disorder, not a lot of people were knowledgeable enough to understand this illness but rather
    they would see this as a result of drug addiction. It took so many years to finally raise this
    awareness that mental disorders are not just “inarte”, but it is an illness in the mind that one
    cannot control. The interview of Cita Astals speaks volumes nowadays because the social media
    is the most powerful tool that can educate anyone. With that said, one must be careful with the
    use of words when posting because in a world that we can be anything, I pray that all people
    will choose to be kind.

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