Since getting my bipolar diagnosis it's put my dad's behavior in perspective and the wreck he made of his life through cyclic passions, volatile cessations of those passions and job changes. Once he got a big poofy perm out of the blue. All the local kids were laughing about it and I was so embarrassed. It made no sense at the time. I would give anything to go back in time and let him know what may have been going on...