cbc.ca - bi polar disorder

good overview of a mental disorder that has impacted my life directly by knowing people with it... the staggering highs... the awe-inspiring lows... and the general perception that everything's going to be ok... until another depressed down swing dragging everyone within arms reach down with them.

i 100% suffer from bouts of depression... but i cant fathom being happy most of the time, let alone the extreme mania associated with upswings. I guess this is more a reminder that being a crazy-ass, medically untreated monster [a category i firmly place myself in] has many different variations and forms.