My intentions were not to persuade people to think that bipolar disorder is no big deal. I understand that it is a serious condition, from first-hand experience. I do understand how it can be interpreted as you described, but the poem was intended to steer the ignorant majority away from the idea that all people who suffer from the condition are “nutjobs”. I don’t want society to assume that they’re all completely fine, nor would I expect it to, however I want it to be clear that there is a difference between living with a troubling condition and being completely irrational and/or insane. I would imagine that you know just as well as I of society’s distorted perception of what bipolar really is. Ultimately, I was not trying to undermine the severity of the issue, but make it understood that just because a person is bipolar they do not have to be defined by insanity, uncontrollable mood swings, indecisive behaviors, and the countless other stigmas granted to them by society. No, not everybody with bipolar disorder is perfectly fine, and NO, not everybody with bipolar is struggling as much as society perceives.

Nevertheless, my apologies for the lack of clarity.