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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.

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.

SFGate: Iris Chang

It's so sad how many succumbed to these illnesses. ((RIP))