Comments on: Jim Carrey is Not Writing a Depression Book

By: me

me — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:35:47 +0000

FriedEgg

I have bipolar 2 and I’m sure jim carrey has bipolar 2 aswell, which is a mild version of number 1. You don’t get hallucinations or loose contact of reality. The thing is you get hypomanic and get overconfidence to do anything. But the downside of it is that you are bound to have a depression afterwards.

By: 314159pi

314159pi — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:16:15 +0000

i am not sure what jim carey could bring to the depression dialog beyond stipulating his personal problems publicly–which would be quite a lot actually but does not require a book.

comic actors at the top of their game need to be liked in order to continue box-office prospects. anything carey might write about depression now i would expect to be glib facile and misleading for these reasons.

if jim carey writes a book in fifteen years in order to stage a comeback that addresses mental health issues, then we could entertain a dispositive result for the afflicted that may make them more accepted in north american society.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:18:40 +0000

Jim Carrey admitted himself that he had manic-depressive illness on Oprah. He’d spent the whole show doing jokes and being funny, and at the end of the show she asked him how he did it, and he said it was manic-depressive illness and that there was another side to it (besides being manic). Everyone laughed and treated it as a joke, but I can’t see how it would be.

However, I’ve been unable to find any references to this on the web and am puzzled as to why it wasn’t being talked about.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:49:23 +0000

FriedEgg,
Michelle wasn’t saying that Bi-Polar disorder makes people creative she was simply saying that people of intense creativity always have a major flaw which can include disorders.

By: Peter Balzac

Peter Balzac — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:11:11 +0000

I just think he really like balls

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By: FriedEgg

FriedEgg — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:15:17 +0000

Michelle, even if he is bipolar, the idea that the timing of his manic episodes corresponds with the filming of his comedy is flawed. It sounds more like an urban legend to explain his comedy. I’m not sure what “a lot” is in terms of high-profile people; a few creative people have bipolar disorder, but being manic isn’t a requisite for creativity. And being bipolar doesn’t make you automatically crazy creative either (I kind of wish it did!).

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:03:50 +0000

I had read that Jim Carrey does not have depression, but that he is bipolar, which explains his manic behavior with episodes revealing his hilarious behavior in acting.

A lot of artists, actors, and high powered people have bipolar. The mania is what gets them through it because it feels good to be manic. The depression part is the problem.

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