It brings out strengths and talents alot, but when we get wrapped up in whatever it is we feel we are compelled to do, there is a line that can get crossed. I can't count how many times a casual interest has turned into a compulsion. The only good to come from any of those moments is that somehow I became an artist. The fact that once locked myself in my room and painted for 2 straight days, without sleep and not showing up at work is an example of that invisable line. I agree that not all of it is an illness, and having a spirit guide is perfectly rational, speaking as one who believes he has a spirit guide.