Yes, and sometimes mania can produce some great, powerful creativity --- as evidenced in The Passion. It is a shame all that creative energy can't be harnessed w/o all the negative baggage. Thanks for sharing your perspective. I think people need to understand these conditions, rather than react as if discussing it is somehow an attack.
Actually, I respectfully disagree. Gifts come at a price...the greater the gift, the greater the price. There is a cosmic justice to it. You get the gift but you get an irrevocable invitation to a life-long battle.
I was once a successful (and nationally recognized) investment banker on Wall St....now I am a struggling writer.
And I wouldn't change a thing.
My ups and my downs I owe to BP. Now I realize I have a wild horse to ride. I can mismanage it and let it beat me to death or I can deal with it and get into the winner's circle.