ABSTRAK Dea Siti Nurjanah Pengalaman Orang dengan Bipolar di Komunitas Bipolar Care Indonesia Cabang Bandung Tahun 2020 Orang dengan gangguan bipolar mengalami perubahan suasana hati atau gangguan suasana hati dalam waktu singkat. Seseorang dengan gangguan bipolar tidak dapat mengendalikan perasaan ini. Penelitian ini juga dilatarbelakangi oleh pengalaman peneliti sendiri melihat dan pernah berkomunikasi dengan salah satu pengurus komunitas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pengalaman penyandang bipolar di komunitas Bipolar Care Indonesia cabang Bandung. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif atau yang sering disebut dengan penelitian naturalistik, dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Teknik pemilihan sampel yaitu purposive sampling digunakan untuk informan yang dipilih atau dipilih secara sengaja karena memiliki pengalaman sesuai dengan fenomena yang diteliti. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam. Hasil penelitian mengidentifikasi tiga tema mengenai diagnosis pertama gangguan bipolar dan gejalanya, pengalaman selama depresi dan mania, serta halusinasi selama gangguan bipolar. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, partisipan mampu memahami apa yang mereka rasakan saat suasana hatinya sedang tidak stabil. Bagi masyarakat sendiri perlu adanya sosialisasi yang mengajarkan kepada generasi muda untuk lebih sadar akan kesehatan jiwa.
Kata Kunci : Pengalaman, BipolarABSTRACT Dea Siti Nurjanah EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WITH BIPOLAR IN THE BIPOLAR CARE INDONESIA BANDUNG 2020 People with bipolar disorder have mood swings or a mood disorder shortly. A person with bipolar disorder cannot control these feelings. This research is also motivated by the experience of the researchers themselves seeing and having communicated with one of the administrators of the community. This study aims to explore the experiences of people with bipolar disorder in the Bandung branch of the Bipolar Care Indonesia community. This research uses qualitative research or what is often referred to as naturalistic research, with a phenomenological approach. The sample selection technique, namely purposive sampling, is used for informants who are selected or chosen deliberately because they have experience in accordance with the phenomenon under study. Data collection was carried out by in-depth interviews. The results of the study identified three themes regarding the first diagnosis of bipolar disorder and its symptoms, experiences during depression and mania, and hallucinations during bipolar disorder. Based on the results of the research, the participants were able to understand what they felt when their mood was unstable. For the community itself, it needs socialization that teaches young people to be more aware of mental health.
Keywords : Experience, Bipolar