In case you're not familiar with her story, Iris Chang was a brilliant and fearless historian, author and human rights activist diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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Irrefutably, Iris Chang won many battles in her fight for justice. But as she began to manifest symptoms of bipolar illness, she perceived them as a failure of will. Such harsh logic, symptomatic of the disease, rendered her unable to extend her own magnificent compassion to herself.
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SFGate: Iris Chang