Three famous artists who suffered from bipolar disorder

According to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), bipolar disorder is a serious disease of the brain that is also known as manic-depressive illness.

People who have it often have sudden and unusual changes in mood. At times they tend to feel very happy and energetic, however, moments later they may feel very sad and depressed.

It is important to understand that if a family member has this disorder, there is a high probability that a close relative will also suffer from it, since the main cause of this disease is genes.

In Mexico, it is very slow to detect this disease between 8 and 12 years and it is estimated that around 70 percent of patients have been misdiagnosed by specialists at first.

To date, there is no test that proves such a disease, however, for specialists to make the diagnosis they require a very detailed questioning , not only with the ill, but also with close people.

There are three types of bipolar disorders, which are divided according to the degree of the disease and above all, to the symptoms that the patient demonstrates. It should be noted that it is one of the most difficult diseases to treat by psychiatry because it is not yet known why people suffering from this disease have physical changes in the brain.

According to a bulletin from the University of Barcelona, he explains that there is a relationship between bipolar disorder and suicide.

“Bipolar disorder (TB) has a big impact on people who suffer from it and a suicide mortality up to 20 times higher than the rest of the population. Bipolar depression is one of the main risk factors for suicide, however, there is little evidence regarding its treatment”

In commemoration of World Bipolar Disorder Day, Infobae collected information from great people suffering from this disease.

The painter of the work “The Scream” has been considered by many to be one of the great artists who possibly suffered from the disorder of bipolarity, which is reflected in that work and Edvard Munch himself wrote the phrase that said: “Without fear or disease, my life would have been like a ship without a rudder”.

According to an article published by the Psychology and Cognitive Neuropsychology laboratory at The University of Paris Descarte, he mentions the following:

“His interpersonal relationships were unstable and intense, and he was unable to maintain a long-lasting relationship as well as frequent episodes of anger and explosiveness, all of which were very characteristic of this type of personality.”

Another case was the British feminist Virginia Wolf, author of novels, short stories, plays and other literary works very representative in the modern avant-garde. During her lifetime she was diagnosed with a mental illness, currently bipolar disorder.

From the death of his mother at a young age, to the destruction of his home in London, the Second World War, among many other events aggravated his illness until he could no longer continue.

In 1941, the author of “Al Faro” committed suicide by diving into the river with a coat full of stones.

Silvia Plath was one of the most admired and recognized American poet of the century, she wrote the book of poetry The Colossus and other poems in 1960 and an autobiographical novel which she titled The Crystal Bell in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.

Plath also suffered from this disease. It was until February 11, 1963 that, due to his illness, after giving dinner to his children opened the gas key and committed suicide.

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