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Bipolar Myths
Oh no, it’s bipolar!
You best go run and hide
Never know when it’ll flip
It’s moods just can’t decide
It’s miserable, depressed
Then the next minute, ecstatic
Terrible things, those mood swings
Must be so problematic
Poor thing, it’s been infected
With this terrible disease
Is this what people really think?
Really, Society? Please.
Bipolar means you’re sick?
Then I guess I’m insane
I must hate my life
Must be in so much pain
But then I guess that if
It’s true what people say
I’m all over the place
Oh what a sad cliché
Contrary to your notions
I’m doing just fine
Living day to day
With this ‘handicap’ of mine
So don’t pity me
For the functions in my brain
I’m okay, I promise
Moods perfectly maintained
We’re all out of control
We’re completely crazy
Can’t live a normal life
Oh these ideas, how they amaze me
So listen up, real close
‘Cause what I say is true
We ‘bipolars,’ we’re just people
The same, as sane as you
Refuse to be influenced
By what’s believed or said
Don’t conform to the ignorance
So easily mislead
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My intentions were not to persuade people to think that bipolar disorder is no big deal. I understand that it is a serious condition, from first-hand experience. I do understand how it can be interpreted as you described, but the poem was intended to steer the ignorant majority away from the idea that all people who suffer from the condition are “nutjobs”. I don’t want society to assume that they’re all completely fine, nor would I expect it to, however I want it to be clear that there is a difference between living with a troubling condition and being completely irrational and/or insane. I would imagine that you know just as well as I of society’s distorted perception of what bipolar really is. Ultimately, I was not trying to undermine the severity of the issue, but make it understood that just because a person is bipolar they do not have to be defined by insanity, uncontrollable mood swings, indecisive behaviors, and the countless other stigmas granted to them by society. No, not everybody with bipolar disorder is perfectly fine, and NO, not everybody with bipolar is struggling as much as society perceives.
Nevertheless, my apologies for the lack of clarity.