I am openly bipolar and always willing to educate people about mental illness whenever the opportunity presents itself. But it's MY choice---I wasn't "outed" by the media, as CZJ was when first treated for her bipolar 2. I can't imagine living the goldfish bowl existence of a celebrity; I think I'd be far crazier than I am if I'd checked into a mental hospital and had to deal with the public the instant I got out.
I feel bad for Catherine too; I've always liked her as an actress and I think her husband's talk about oral sex and throat cancer was WAAAAAY TMI. Not to mention low-class and vulgar....I'd probably have divorced him just for that!
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