What leads a man to live a life like Kanye West? To become a presidential candidate? This is the life story of a music artist who lives with bipolar disorder and the psychology behind his actions.

“ Do you know what it means sir? To understand your own way of daily living, see the truth and faults in your daily living. See how that daily operation, daily existence is conditioned, narrow, limited, based on self interest and whether it is possible to be free of that self interest ”

- J. Krishnamurti (What is the mind)

How this can help you as a music artist:

TIME STAMP: 33.21

A place to talk confidentially:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bipolar/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/elzdbm/serious_whats_having_bipolar_disorder_like/

https://www.reddit.com/r/mentalhealth/

Helplines:

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/bipolar-disorder/useful-contacts/

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

http://www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/

Bipolar UK

0333 323 3880

bipolaruk.org

Mind UK

Infoline: 0300 123 3393

Email: [email protected]

Text: 86463

Samaritans Free Call Service

116 123

Sources & Information:

https://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-1-vs-bipolar-2#bipolar-vs-bipolar-

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1197177.shtml

https://globalgrind.com/3880177/kanye-west-car-accident-11-years-ago-full-story-photos/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/01/surgeon-operated-on-kanye-west-mother-before-death-removed-album-artwork-jan-adams

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-20-me-west20-story.html

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bipolar-disorder/causes/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bdi.12682 - links with gut health and bipolar

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849533/ - links with gut health and bipolar

https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-physiology/what-are-neurotransmitters

https://www.britannica.com/science/norepinephrine

1. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwil4qrU64LuAhXcQEEAHeEqD2AQFjADegQICRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psycom.net%2Fbipolar-disorder-causes&usg=AOvVaw3nyawm-6vy_tWiujgYzUL7 - evidence of trauma catalysing the onset of bipolar

https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=bipolar+and+entrepreneurship&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart - bipolar and entrepreneurship

https://www.simplypsychology.org/self-fulfilling-prophecy.html - the self fulfilling prophecy (although for more academic interpretations please use books or papers via google scholar)