I can't even pretend to really understand what people with bipolar disorder go through, except I sort of shudder at what's being described here in terms of how the law essentially traps people with mental illnesses.

I did have to, briefly, deal with anxiety issues, though they were fairly situational and went away once the situation was dealt with. Most of what I deal with are physical health issues and I am the first to acknowledge that mental health issues are far thornier and are an uphill battle within the system. For one thing, there's the inevitable number of jerkoffs going off the assumption that if it's intangible, it's not as bad as it's made out to be and some of those jerkoffs are regrettably allowed to do more than sharpen pencils. Ironically, one of the medical conditions I have gets that treatment, though that's largely because people are scared to disclose what the symptoms are.

Anyway, that's a digression -- I'm glad people are discussing their mental health issues in here and what's more, I think it's an incredibly brave and wonderful thing to come forward and make disclosures about it. There are definitely others on here and one of the things I always hoped the Guild would do is help members of the community get through things together -- if it's possible -- as roleplaying geeks among fellow roleplaying geeks.