Enter the Multifaceted Mind

After watching 'The Roommate' starring the ever lovely Leighton Meester, it came to my attention that whenever mental illness is referenced in the media, it is always the product of a desperate need for more drama, to prey on an uninformed fear that those who suffer from a mental illness may, at any moment, become completely unhinged and start tearing out jugulars with their fangs.

God save the 'normals', who would be facing the equivalent of a zombie apocalypse if that were the case, with an incredible percentage of the world's population suffering from one mental illness or another.

Cue 'Ms. Polar', an Australian university student, good daughter, sister, and friend to many.

Australia, by the way:

Diagnosed with type 2 bipolar disorder, with an array of mild, accompanying symptoms like Seasonal Affective Disorder, an uncomfortable mix of lethargy, a little insomnia, a lot of anemia and a sprinkling of OCD. (And, of course, the aforementioned insanity fangs).

Mental illness makes the mind an interesting place, a multifaceted platform where each turn either brings a pot of gold or a fire-breathing dragon.

- M