There's a lot of passion and 'in-game' talk in this interview, which suggests a strong artistic sensibility, but perhaps a cavalier grasp on reality (which speaks to the hypomanic of manic-depressive qualities among most artists) -- and this really comes across in the director's story about how Ryan improvisationally and intentionally risked his own life during the filming of one of the scenes...

I saw this film when it came out in the theaters, and I remember being struck by this moment in the film, but also believed that it was "safe" for the actor (with a net or a harness or something). Clearly, this was not the case and we could've lost a great actor in Gosling had there been an accident... Unfortunately, I, as an audience member, didn't know that it was "real," and to that end, perhaps the film didn't fully benefit from extent of his Ryan's risk.

One of your problems with relying on published medical reports as the go-to source for medical education is the nature of the beast and her supporting interests (pharma companies, corporate HR concerns) and another is the success or failure of bi-polar self-medication with various chemical cocktails of choice from first-hand experience with sufferers. Depending on the severity of an individual's diagnosed level of manic-depression, some are able to cope just fine with what has always worked, as long as addiction or excess is kept in personal check according to the influence they have in their interpersonal relationships to society.

Have had plenty of friends who were able to cope just fine, others who let themselves go-MOST, have preferred self-medication over the doctor/guinea-pig relationship, but as more data is accumulated and more walking lab subjects are used in experimentation, they'll get better and better or so you'd like believe, as the gods-little-g of the Babylonian medical experiment put more and more problem herd animals into their respective categories and cages of dependency.

Cannabinoids DO work their wonders for bi-polars. As with ALL sufferers of brain chemistry problems, support from loved ones is key.

Manic depression and an audience are all one needs to start a religious mob/ice cream social. Oh, and ice cream...and some plastic spoons....and another addition to our building for youth meetings.

I'm thinkin' 'ol Black Flaggy heres' wellspring of angsty energy comes from manic depression. Bi-polarization....that, and he's got plenty to be pissed and manic about having to be around all the sell-outs, posers, robot monkeys, and vapid hipsters!

>> ^cito:

Overall he was a nice guy, but I swear he was bipolar.


Interesting. Many creative minds have Manic Depressive Disorder. Mania has always helped my creativity.

>> ^MaxWilder:

That looks more like bi-polar disorder. When I get depressed it's more like the end shot where everything is empty and doesn't work, not clouds of doom and gloom.


Yeah, at least Hypo-manic Depression.

*quality

I'm a Manic-Depressive with Suicidal Ideation.

This comment on my profile is FUCKED UP!
This ASSHOLE would probably just laugh if I did it.

I'm extremely angry right now and I think I should go away for a while; I'll be back.

>> ^BoneRemake:

cut your wrists Lengthwise. You need to ride yourself of breath.
DO IT, ITS THE ONLY WAY !
In reply to this comment by Boise_Lib:
HELP!
Anyone with the ability to edit comments.
I screwed the pooch on my embed. I think I left off an "/em" at the end.
Shit!

I'm just saying that your sort of "insanity" brings back a lot of bad memories and I hope you learn what the actual nature of everything is without fruitless, wasteful & dangerous ideas.

>> ^shinyblurry:

Please don't compare me to your ex-girlfriends. That's just creepy.
Your point here isn't exactly salient. "Shinyblurry, you're evil and stupid and you remind me of my ex girlfriend the she devil and your mind is full of cancer" Well gee I am touched. Do you have anything constructive to say or are you just going to run your mouth?
>> ^shagen454:
You sound like my ex-girlfriend of seven years. Beautiful, super sweet semi-intelligent girl that turned manic-depressive, schizophrenic & super religious. One day I saw it coming and left at dusk. I guess it ran in the family & even though we moved to San Fran from the east coast her background caught up with her somehow. I'm glad I left when I did; I often refer to her as the "she-devil" because super extreme religious folks are evil/hypocritical beings in my opinion. Religion is only but one cancer on your mind; be mindful of not mixing them up.
>> ^shinyblurry:
This is a spiritual issue. Anyone wearing this bracelet is engaging in sorcery, because this is basically magic. This leaves them open to deception from the enemy. The wearers of these bracelet may well be perceiving a tangible benefit because of this spiritual deception. It is just one of the tacts the enemy uses in spiritual warfare, getting people to rely on themselves or magic devices, or things like "the secret".

Please don't compare me to your ex-girlfriends. That's just creepy.

Your point here isn't exactly salient. "Shinyblurry, you're evil and stupid and you remind me of my ex girlfriend the she devil and your mind is full of cancer" Well gee I am touched. Do you have anything constructive to say or are you just going to run your mouth?

>> ^shagen454:
You sound like my ex-girlfriend of seven years. Beautiful, super sweet semi-intelligent girl that turned manic-depressive, schizophrenic & super religious. One day I saw it coming and left at dusk. I guess it ran in the family & even though we moved to San Fran from the east coast her background caught up with her somehow. I'm glad I left when I did; I often refer to her as the "she-devil" because super extreme religious folks are evil/hypocritical beings in my opinion. Religion is only but one cancer on your mind; be mindful of not mixing them up.
>> ^shinyblurry:
This is a spiritual issue. Anyone wearing this bracelet is engaging in sorcery, because this is basically magic. This leaves them open to deception from the enemy. The wearers of these bracelet may well be perceiving a tangible benefit because of this spiritual deception. It is just one of the tacts the enemy uses in spiritual warfare, getting people to rely on themselves or magic devices, or things like "the secret".

You sound like my ex-girlfriend of seven years. Beautiful, super sweet semi-intelligent girl that turned manic-depressive, schizophrenic & super religious. One day I saw it coming and left at dusk. I guess it ran in the family & even though we moved to San Fran from the east coast her background caught up with her somehow. I'm glad I left when I did; I often refer to her as the "she-devil" because super extreme religious folks are evil/hypocritical beings in my opinion. Religion is only but one cancer on your mind; be mindful of not mixing them up.

>> ^shinyblurry:

This is a spiritual issue. Anyone wearing this bracelet is engaging in sorcery, because this is basically magic. This leaves them open to deception from the enemy. The wearers of these bracelet may well be perceiving a tangible benefit because of this spiritual deception. It is just one of the tacts the enemy uses in spiritual warfare, getting people to rely on themselves or magic devices, or things like "the secret".

>> ^EDD:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I hope he gets treatment for the Manic-Depression.

I hope that was sarcasm on your part (if so, pardon my rant). I also hope the average Sifter is intelligent enough to pick up cues in others' body language to be able to tell when one is acting and furthermore, knowledgeable enough about contemporary comedy to realize that a stand-up artist's stage persona and his actual personality are, in the vast majority of cases, two entirely different things.


Minchin would raze you to the ground for even THINKING that P.C.

>> ^Boise_Lib:


You're right EDD; I should have labeled my sarcastic remark as such.
I'm Manic-Depressive myself, so should know not to joke about a serious disease which plagues many people.


Fuck that, I'm a bipolar type 1 myself. does that mean i can't laugh ass off about it? and why should i not be able to do that? is all humbug. i laugh _with_ cripples, retards, asians, africans, europeans, americans, australians, _and_ normal people. try and stop me.

>> ^EDD:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I hope he gets treatment for the Manic-Depression.

I hope that was sarcasm on your part (if so, pardon my rant). I also hope the average Sifter is intelligent enough to pick up cues in others' body language to be able to tell when one is acting and furthermore, knowledgeable enough about contemporary comedy to realize that a stand-up artist's stage persona and his actual personality are, in the vast majority of cases, two entirely different things.


You're right EDD; I should have labeled my sarcastic remark as such.
I'm Manic-Depressive myself, so should know not to joke about a serious disease which plagues many people.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

I hope he gets treatment for the Manic-Depression.


I hope that was sarcasm on your part (if so, pardon my rant). I also hope the average Sifter is intelligent enough to pick up cues in others' body language to be able to tell when one is acting and furthermore, knowledgeable enough about contemporary comedy to realize that a stand-up artist's stage persona and his actual personality are, in the vast majority of cases, two entirely different things.

I've only seen this guy a couple of times. He's very funny.
I hope he gets treatment for the Manic-Depression.