Mental health – “I knew that I was not alone, but I didn’t know that we were so numerous. »» In the show C to youbroadcast this Thursday, May 1 on France 5, the journalist from France Inter Nicolas Demorand said he “Frightened” by the extent of the reactions aroused by the release of his autobiographical book Interior night on his bipolarity disorder. Politicians, including Prime Minister François Bayrou, even sent him SMS.
“We are not talking about tens, hundreds but thousands of reactions, emails, papers sent to the radio “Explains the 53 -year -old morning, who says “Read everything”. These writings “Nourish me inside” says the one who was afraid to publish his work.
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These letters come from auditors from France Inter, from people also suffering from bipolarity disorders or who were affected by the franchise of the testimony of Nicolas Demorand. But also political figures: ” François Bayrou, Michel Barnier (former Prime Minister Editor’s note)Valérie Pécresse (President of the Île-de-France region editor’s note) … », quotes the journalist who does not “Find out more of the others”.
“It was Léa Salamé who had the light idea”
These personalities have “Praised what I was doing as a gesture, the book and the fight”, he adds, before slipping, laughing: “Here, I give you the information about what’s going on on my phone.”
Nicolas Demorand is bipolar type 2. This disorder is characterized by the association of depressive episodes and hypomania, that is to say an euphoric and excited, or sometimes irritable mood.
Whoever decided to make this disease a fight also paid tribute to his colleague Léa Salamé who had “The light idea” of this book. “” He’s the last person to have read the manuscript. I filled. She wrote an email to me in the middle of the night, and it is the most beautiful email I have never received in my life. »» Without her, “Nothing would have been possible”, concedes Nicolas Demorand.
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