When she gave candid, honest advice about living with a mental illness

Carrie had been open about living with bipolar disorder for years and just weeks ago published a letter in her Guardian column to a fellow fighter: 

"We have been given a challenging illness, and there is no other option than to meet those challenges. Think of it as an opportunity to be heroic – not 'I survived living in Mosul during an attack' heroic, but an emotional survival. An opportunity to be a good example to others who might share our disorder. That’s why it’s important to find a community – however small – of other bipolar people to share experiences and find comfort in the similarities."

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