General Gregg’s Corner
General Gregg’s Corner
Major General Gregg Martin, US Army (Retired)
Retired Major General Gregg F. Martin shares his battle with bipolar disorder and his new mission to combat stigma! Gregg Martin is a 36-year Army combat veteran, retired 2-star general, and bipolar survivor, thriver, and warrior. In 2003, Martin commanded a combat engineer brigade during the Iraq war, and the intense stress of combat triggered the genetic predisposition for bipolar and sent him into his first manic episode. After his deployment, he fell into depression, marking his first up-down cycle. For a decade, these swings of mania and depression continued, going undetected, undiagnosed, and unknown by him or anyone around him. It wasn’t until 2014, during an episode of acute mania, that he was removed from his role as President at the National Defense University and began receiving help. With treatment and support from his family, friends, and an in-patient stay at the VA Hospital, Martin has found a new mission in combatting mental health stigma to save lives.
Gregg Martin is a 36-year Army combat veteran, retired 2-star general, and bipolar survivor, thriver, and warrior. He is a qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and Strategist. He holds a Ph.D. and two Masters degrees from MIT, and a Bachelors degree from West Point. He is a father of three sons, author, and speaker who lives with his wife in Cocoa Beach. For more information, visit www.generalgreggmartin.com
Blogs & Webinars:
Healthy Living with Bipolar Disorder Book
Read Here
Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness
Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness is now available! "Following decades of achievement, I rocketed into full-blown mania. My boss,...
Heroic Cause
Author: Gregg F. Martin Ph.D. Each of us will know someone with a mental condition - family, friend, neighbor, colleague, or self, as more than 60...
A Three-Headed Monster: Mental Illness, Stigma, and Suicide
By: Gregg F. Martin Ph.D. Suicide is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized of human experiences. We need a call to arms, not in the sense of...
Afghanistan war vets are still enraged and hurting – reach out and listen
As the last American soldier stepped aboard a C-17 cargo plane in Kabul in September 2021 and became the last soldier to leave Afghanistan, my inbox...
Why Seeking Help for Bipolar Disorder Can Be a Sign of Strength
Bipolar disorder can strike anyone, regardless of gender, race, education, or class, from pre-teens into our sixties. It is an equal opportunity...
My Bipolar Life: Recovery
Actors, Institutions, and Networks My recovery could not happen without myriad actors, institutions, and networks among those actors and...