In 2018, model Rosie Viva was arrested after she caused Stansted Airport to evacuate all its waiting passengers following a psychotic episode. After the incident, she was hospitalised, sectioned and diagnosed with bipolar disorder - a dramatic moment that would alter the course of her life. In this moving memoir, Rosie opens up about the unique experience of being 'normal' and 'fine', whilst dealing with the delusions, mania and depression that bipolar brings. Navigating love, work and life while in recovery, she shares how she learned to embrace a ‘new normal’ and left the world of modelling behind to become a mental health advocate. Completely Normal and Totally Fine shines light on living with a complex mental health condition that's often misunderstood and underdiagnosed, inspiring us to shed the stigma around mental health and open up about our messy minds too. Features an afterword from Bipolar UK.
Completely Normal and Totally Fine
By Rosie Viva
A funny, frank and uplifting memoir of what it's like to live with bipolar disorder from model and mental health activist, Rosie Viva and how we can all learn to make peace with our minds.Material available
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Imprint: Tonic | Pub date: May 2025 | Format: 216 x 135mm | Extent: 288 pages | Word Count: 60,000 wordsAbout the Author
Rosie Viva is a model, documentary filmmaker and activist passionate about encouraging and helping people talk about neurodiversity. 2023 saw Rosie become the subject of a Channel 4 digital documentary, Modelling, Mania and Me, charting her day-to-day experiences of living with bipolar which has amassed over 100,000 views since May. Channel 4 want to make Rosie the channel’s next ‘face of mental health’. An ambassador for Bipolar UK, Rosie’s writing and work has been featured in Grazia, Stylist, Women’s Health, The Telegraph, BBC, Daily Express and Dua Lipa’s Service95 newsletter, and has recently appeared on Steph’s Packed Lunch as well as on BBC Radio London and Gurl’s Talk.
