http://www.damienriley.com/raining-one-mile-away/ blog of a teacher, songwriter, and lifelong learner Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.damienriley.com/raining-one-mile-away/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Lithium and Silent Professionals Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:16:57 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=239#comment-230 [...] Many people do not know that famous song and screenwriters are bipolar.  They never hear about it because they live responsibly with their disorder.  Beyond that, we might assume they create such amazing art because of their disorder, not in spite of it.  I guess it’s a circular question.  People in society need more awareness of mentall illness in the professionals among us and less fear of what’s going on “over there.” [...] [...] Many people do not know that famous song and screenwriters are bipolar.  They never hear about it because they live responsibly with their disorder.  Beyond that, we might assume they create such amazing art because of their disorder, not in spite of it.  I guess it’s a circular question.  People in society need more awareness of mentall illness in the professionals among us and less fear of what’s going on “over there.” [...]

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