Virginia Woolf was a famous writer who was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. She wrote many essays and short stories including A Room of One’s Own, The Voyage Out, The Year, and Between the Acts. During her earlier years she suffered greatly from the depression side of her psychological disorder. Virginia had many traumatic experiences in her lifetime including being sexually harassed by her older half-brothers and the deaths of many of her family members. When her mother died in 1895 she was only 13 and she suffered from her first breakdown. The depressive states caused her to stop writing for periods of time greatly hindering her creativity and impact in the writer’s world. She even attempted suicide. She developed fears due to her manic
