Brett Berger grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, part a picture-perfect family. He went off to boarding school at the age of 13 before making his way to New York for college where he fell in love and forever changed the course of his life. He moved to Texas with her, changed schools, and they began living together. Things quickly turned sour, though. After this relationship ended, he sunk into a deep depression, which he has been recovering from ever since. Brett is recently diagnosed bipolar after a major manic episode turned his world upside down. This tale describes the process of how his mind become unhinged and how he then picked up the pieces to return to health.
