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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 632858" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Nomad, to me they sent mix messages. They said he ACTED manic while performing, which he did, and also at parties to entertain others. I am wondering if they mean he really had bipolar or he was sort of a "tears of a clown" type of guy. I can't seem to figure it out. I do know the suicide rate in bipolar is higher than with regular depression. I am still reeling and it is the next day. I am seeing him as Mrs. Doubtfire and Mork and any one of his other brilliant performances.</p><p></p><p>Janet, when I was in the hospital, they let me read their stuff (the professionals). One book I was given was called "Moodswing" by Dr. Ronald Fieve. This book is old, but still around, and I have heard his theories and read them even today, in 2014. Creative people have a much higher rate of mood disorders. Remembering his book, in a control population 1 out of 10 people will suffer from a debilitating mood problem of some sort. If you take only people with creativity it becomes 8 out of 10. I will never forget reading that and have followed up on that number. It interested me because, above everything else I am, creative would best describe me,a lthough certainly not brilliantly creative like Robin Williams, but still. Also, when I was writing, I joined an author's group that was mostly Avon writers and they have their own self-help group for depression since so many authors suffer from depression, way more than in the general population.</p><p>Janet, I think you are spot on and that it has been proven. It doesn't help that in show business, or any creative field, drugs are accepted and used A LOT. So good post, Janet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 632858, member: 1550"] Nomad, to me they sent mix messages. They said he ACTED manic while performing, which he did, and also at parties to entertain others. I am wondering if they mean he really had bipolar or he was sort of a "tears of a clown" type of guy. I can't seem to figure it out. I do know the suicide rate in bipolar is higher than with regular depression. I am still reeling and it is the next day. I am seeing him as Mrs. Doubtfire and Mork and any one of his other brilliant performances. Janet, when I was in the hospital, they let me read their stuff (the professionals). One book I was given was called "Moodswing" by Dr. Ronald Fieve. This book is old, but still around, and I have heard his theories and read them even today, in 2014. Creative people have a much higher rate of mood disorders. Remembering his book, in a control population 1 out of 10 people will suffer from a debilitating mood problem of some sort. If you take only people with creativity it becomes 8 out of 10. I will never forget reading that and have followed up on that number. It interested me because, above everything else I am, creative would best describe me,a lthough certainly not brilliantly creative like Robin Williams, but still. Also, when I was writing, I joined an author's group that was mostly Avon writers and they have their own self-help group for depression since so many authors suffer from depression, way more than in the general population. Janet, I think you are spot on and that it has been proven. It doesn't help that in show business, or any creative field, drugs are accepted and used A LOT. So good post, Janet. [/QUOTE]
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