Jeremy M. Davis published The Faces of Bipolar on August 17, 2026. The book describes what living with bipolar disorder feels like from the inside, rather than from clinical observation. It offers a framework for readers to identify and name the various personas that bipolar can present itself with, and strategies on how to cope with those personas when they arrive. BlueInk Review designated it a “Notable Book.”

Davis wrote the book because most of what he read about bipolar disorder described it from the outside. “Most books I’ve read describe bipolar from outside observation,” he said. “While helpful, this does not describe how it feels to live with the disorder.” That gap led him to develop what he calls an inside out approach, one that complements the outside in approach taken by most clinical writing on the topic.

The center of that approach is the persona framework. Readers learn to identify and build their own cast of personas, giving them a way to describe their disorder and separate their symptoms from their definition of self. A companion workbook, available for purchase separately from the book, guides readers through that process. Davis said the framework helps readers tell the difference between who they are and what bipolar brings with it.

The Faces of Bipolar is written for people with bipolar disorder, for their loved ones, and for therapists who treat clients with bipolar. The book is available through resources for living with bipolar disorder, and the companion workbook is available for purchase in addition to the book. Davis said the disorder can make people feel as though their life is populated by characters they did not choose. “You didn’t choose this cast of characters,” he writes. “But you are still the author.”

Davis also offered a shorter statement about the experience of managing the disorder. “I win more than I lose,” he said. That line runs through the book’s approach: the personas are real and recurring, but they are not the whole story. The workbook gives readers a place to record how each persona shows up, what it says, and what strategies help when it arrives.

The book is published out of Apex, North Carolina. It does not present bipolar disorder as a single fixed experience. Instead, it treats the disorder as a set of recurring patterns that can be named, tracked, and addressed. The companion workbook is designed to be used alongside the main text, with exercises that help readers identify their own personas and build the language to describe them.

Davis said the distinction between symptoms and self is central to the framework. A person with bipolar disorder may cycle through states that feel like different versions of themselves. Naming those states as personas allows a reader to observe them rather than become them. The workbook turns that idea into a practice, with prompts that readers return to over time as they learn their own patterns.

The book and workbook are designed to be used together, with the workbook sold separately. The main text lays out the framework and the strategies for coping with personas when they arrive. The workbook provides the structure for readers to apply that framework to their own lives. Therapists who treat clients with bipolar can use the pair as a tool in sessions, while loved ones can use it to understand what the person they care for is describing.

The Faces of Bipolar was published on August 17, 2026, and received the Notable Book designation from BlueInk Review. Davis is the author.