Below I've listed a few of the famous names listed as having Bi-Polar, the condition I share. They come from all genres, all times and have vastly different outcomes. It is comforting sometimes to realize we are not alone, that despite hardships that make us feel alone. Tony Slattery the British actor said: "I rented a huge warehouse by the river Thames. I just stayed in there on my own, didn't open the mail or answer the phone for months and months and months. I was just in a pool of despair and mania." Bi-Polar affects each person differently. But I'm glad I have a long lineage behind me of people who directed this and changed the world.
Ludwig van Beethovoen: Composer
Lord Byron: Poet
Georg Cantor: Mathematician
Winston Churchill: Politician
Dick Cavett: TV Journalist
Kurt Cobain: Musician
Charles Dickens: Author
Patty Duke: Actress
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Author, Poet, Philosopher
Carrie Fisher: Actress
Paul John Gascoigne: English Football Star
Earnest Hemingway: Author
Edvard Munch: Artist
Isaac Newton: Scientist, Mathematician
Florence Nightingale: Nurse, Health Campaigner
Jane Pauley: TV Journalist
Edgar Allen Poe: Poet, Writer
Nina Simone: Singer
Robert Louis Stevenson: Author
Mark Twain: Author
Vincent Van Gogh: Artist
Virginia Woolf: Poet, Novelist
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Man, it almost seems like if you want to be a famous, talented, influential person you NEED to be bi-polar! I have no doubt though that the extreme highs and lows create a perspective that lends itself to artistic expression. (p.s., glad you liked that link I sent you! :-)
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