You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally.

When public figures remain silent about depression, there is a cost to the rest of society. Silence contributes to the misperception that successful people do not get depressed, and it keeps the public from seeing that treatment allows many individuals to return to competitive professional lives.

Mania is as bad as it gets. If not treated, it will become worse, more frequent, and harder to treat.

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.