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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
Yeah that's Johanna greenburg slightly fictionalized....she is actually on a video interview done by Daniel mackler and there was another woman on there too Catherine penny...both of their psychiatrists were considered top notch psychoanalysts I don't believe their sz diagnosis to be inaccurate in any way Catherine penny was actually catatonic and that's certainly not bipolar. I would seriously doubt anyone who thinks that they can make an accurate diagnosis retroactively...I mean look at all the diseases Van Gogh supposedly has.
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I see your point, but I just wanted to point out that catatonia can occur in bipolar. Both in depression and mania. I've actually seen catatonia in real life just once and the girl was bipolar 1, rapid cycling, and became catatonic when she was depressed.
On the one hand, it is hard to diagnose historical figures (Abraham Lincoln comes to mind) but I don't think it's impossible to rule things out, especially if you have a full memoir like in INPYaRG. (Plus that was more recent history.) Like if you read the book Sybil and then read Sybil Exposed, there is compelling evidence that Sybil didn't really have DID. But I haven't read INPYaRG, and I'm not a psychologist, so I can't really say.