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I bet many bipolar readers in their manic phase are all "Yey, I'm intelligent and creative" while the depressive ones feel even worse (to say the least) when th

I bet many bipolar readers in their manic phase are all "Yey, I'm intelligent and creative" while the depressive ones feel even worse (to say the least) when they read titles like these.

snarfy 11y ago
In my own experience it's the opposite. Depression and creativity go together. If I'm manic I'm too busy having experiences and not really into creating things.
- leaveyou 11y ago
  Bipolar usually means you oscillate between a manic phase (elevated mood, energy, impulsivity, "irrational exuberance") and a depressive phase (no description needed i guess). What I wanted to suggest is that if you are in the manic phase, you see good things even in the disorder that ruins your life and if you are in the other phase, you already feel doomed anyways.
  - codyb 11y ago
    Hmm, that seems to describe my life in a lot of ways. After my ex left me, it really spiraled me, but I've definitely always been told how intelligent I am by peers, their parents, and my educators (I'll admit it's probably true although I've steadfastly denied the allegation myself as someone who's seen the entirety of my work here on planet earth). And now I sort of bounce around. I've lately ended up more on the manic phase side of things but it's a quick flip of the switch towards a more depressed feeling. I'm learning to mellow out towards the center with lots of exercise, positive healthy habits, and plenty of dates from tinder. Rationally I figure visiting a therapist might not be the worst thing in the world, but then I have no idea what I'd talk about. I'm a white, male, software engineer living in a world class city, making a pretty penny. I'm tall, good looking, and funny. I'm working on a sitcom, standup, and have a great job. Rationally I also see that my life is indeed awesome so it's hard to justify going to a therapist. Also, if they caught me in a "manic" phase I'd probably just be gushing about how great things are, and I can annoy my friends with that sort of shit. I've never been clinically diagnosed with anything so it's more of a self diagnosis and who knows how many grains of truth there are to it, but it feels relatively accurate. That being said, if I continue on this upswing I've been putting myself into lately, I should be good to go! So cheers to that! I can weather the mildly bad times, I've weathered a lot of awful times, and I guess in the end, you only learn to understand yourself a bit better every time. And as long as you force yourself to get out of bed and do literally just about anything (easier said than done sometimes) it almost always gets better.
doctorstupid 11y ago
Having a mental illness doesn’t make you a genius: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/10/mental-illness-study-bipolar-disorder-creativity http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/10/mental-...

I bet many bipolar readers in their manic phase are all "Yey, I'm intelligent and creative" while the depressive ones feel even worse (to say the least) when they read titles like these.

snarfy 11y ago

In my own experience it's the opposite. Depression and creativity go together. If I'm manic I'm too busy having experiences and not really into creating things.

leaveyou 11y ago
Bipolar usually means you oscillate between a manic phase (elevated mood, energy, impulsivity, "irrational exuberance") and a depressive phase (no description needed i guess). What I wanted to suggest is that if you are in the manic phase, you see good things even in the disorder that ruins your life and if you are in the other phase, you already feel doomed anyways.
- codyb 11y ago
  Hmm, that seems to describe my life in a lot of ways. After my ex left me, it really spiraled me, but I've definitely always been told how intelligent I am by peers, their parents, and my educators (I'll admit it's probably true although I've steadfastly denied the allegation myself as someone who's seen the entirety of my work here on planet earth). And now I sort of bounce around. I've lately ended up more on the manic phase side of things but it's a quick flip of the switch towards a more depressed feeling. I'm learning to mellow out towards the center with lots of exercise, positive healthy habits, and plenty of dates from tinder. Rationally I figure visiting a therapist might not be the worst thing in the world, but then I have no idea what I'd talk about. I'm a white, male, software engineer living in a world class city, making a pretty penny. I'm tall, good looking, and funny. I'm working on a sitcom, standup, and have a great job. Rationally I also see that my life is indeed awesome so it's hard to justify going to a therapist. Also, if they caught me in a "manic" phase I'd probably just be gushing about how great things are, and I can annoy my friends with that sort of shit. I've never been clinically diagnosed with anything so it's more of a self diagnosis and who knows how many grains of truth there are to it, but it feels relatively accurate. That being said, if I continue on this upswing I've been putting myself into lately, I should be good to go! So cheers to that! I can weather the mildly bad times, I've weathered a lot of awful times, and I guess in the end, you only learn to understand yourself a bit better every time. And as long as you force yourself to get out of bed and do literally just about anything (easier said than done sometimes) it almost always gets better.

doctorstupid 11y ago

Having a mental illness doesn’t make you a genius: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/10/mental-illness-study-bipolar-disorder-creativity http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/10/mental-...