Fibula, according to an email I got recently, 1 in 4 people is mentally ill- so take a look at three of your friends. If they are OK, you are it.

More truth than poetry to that message, I think. I have a bi-polar friend and life, itself, is very stressful for him. Why is it that so many bi-polar people are so bright? It seems to me that a little selective 'dimness' could be an easier way to go. He is aware of what happens to him but in the midst of an episode that knowledge doesn't really help.

The best of luck to you and to us all.

Eb