I've been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder

[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

"Even when you feel like your life is fading . . . . " -- she judt has such a way with words, at least to me.

For awhile, I thought she said "Even when you feel like your LIGHT is fading" -- which is cool as well.

AS for the break up - it sucks - but you did the right thing. It is so hard to reach that day when you don't think about them at all for a day. Then, the next day you realize you did not think about them for a day and it is both sad and uplifting in the light at the end of the tunnel kind of way.

Yes. I did the right thing without question. I made the decision to take care of myself after he got "into the system". At least by that point, there was documentation of his illness by professionals, and I no longer had to wage the battle for someone to recognize exactly how ill he was with this disorder. It truly was a "batttle of the wits" at the end; he would lie about how he felt or what he had done that was disturbing and was, at times, very convincing. I always had to counteract his misrepresentations with the reality of what I was observing. He would try to discredict me - but that was the illness talking, not him.

The one song that I would absolutely unravel when I heard it was "Beauty and the Beast".

My darling lives in a world that is not mine
An old child misunderstood...out of time
Timeless is the creature who is wise
And timeless is the prisoner in disguise


Oh who is the beauty...who the beast
Would you die of grieving when I leave
Two children too blind to see
I would fall in your shadow...I believe


My love is a man who's not been tamed
Oh...my love lives in a world of false pleasure and pain
We come from difference worlds...we are the same (my love)
I never doubted your beauty...I've changed
I never doubted your beauty...I've changed

[strandinthewind]

^^^

Lord Child Yes - B&B is one that comes to mind.

I sang SS and Twisted to a crowded room in my old house on my beloved Steinway (that was sold a year or so later without my permission by my ex) to my ex in a room full of people.

I THINK YOOOUUUUUU ARE THE DEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[David]

My favorite person with bipolar was Randall Jarrell. Apart from his poetry, Jarrell was an excellent literary essayist & cultural critic -- one of the best of his era. He was a finer poet than either Stevie Nicks or Danny Kirwan.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by David

My favorite person with bipolar was Randall Jarrell. Apart from his poetry, Jarrell was an excellent literary essayist & cultural critic -- one of the best of his era. He was a finer poet than either Stevie Nicks or Danny Kirwan.

Here's some info on him.

http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/...ell/essay.html

Like many intellectuals, prized for his delicate observation and aesthetic sense, he was quite fragile when it came to daily life.

I don't know what you're referencing most of the time so thanks for often challenging me to learn something.