'When I think of Kanye, I can’t imagine how confusing and painful it must be to go through a manic episode with millions of people watching.' ericaschwie writes
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK/Getty Images In the months after Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West last February, the two initially seemed friendly, going as far as re-creating their wedding onstage at a Donda listening party. But in recent weeks, there’s been a shift.
Kanye and I don’t have a lot in common — he’s a Black rap star generally regarded as one of the most influential figures of the 21st century; I’m a white woman, and I’m not famous — but we do share a diagnosis. If you haven’t been manic, it’s hard to grasp what an intoxicating and confusing state of mind it is. I certainly didn’t understand what it was like until I had my first manic episode in 2020. I felt like I was on molly: the same warm glow of euphoria, my usual anxieties melting away.
Kanye’s bipolar diagnosis became the subject of headlines after he started making jarring, sometimes offensive remarks. On his 2016 Saint Pablo tour, he began giving long, meandering monologues, which included praising Donald Trump and later asserting in an interview that slavery was a “choice.” His behavior became the subject of fascination, concern, and mockery again in 2020, when he launched a campaign for president and made controversial remarks about Harriet Tubman and abortion.
While I don’t think I was clinically depressed, I was intensely embarrassed and ashamed of the way I’d behaved while I was manic. It wasn’t that the things I’d done were so bad. Yes, I’d acted in ways that were inconsiderate and hurtful towards the people I loved, and yes, I’d overshared and made things public that I wouldn’t have otherwise, and I tried to apologize for those things.
Kanye has discussed being on and off medication, telling the New York Times in 2018 that he was “learning how to not be on meds,” and later tweeting “I can feel me again” after being off medication for six months. Kim later told Vogue that for Kanye, “Being on medication is not really an option, because it just changes who he is.
Kanye has said that he prefers to think of what many labeled his 2016 “breakdown” as his “breakthrough.” His references to bipolar disorder as his “superpower” have prompted criticism that he’s glamorizing a dangerous illness. “I feel like it downplays the severity of what this actual illness can do,” says Miller, who has spoken about his own experience with bipolar disorder, including multiple suicide attempts.
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