@jackflashjess Over-analyzing everything is a central trait of OCD. And Ian has specifically listed this song as one of the ones that's about his struggles with OCD.
@jackflashjess Over-analyzing everything is a central trait of OCD. And Ian has specifically listed this song as one of the ones that's about his struggles with OCD.
More importantly, diagnosing someone based only on their art and their public statements is pretty fraught. Sure, he often looks like almost a stereotype of a bipolar musician in interviews. But he's been under psychiatric care for most of his life. His doctors presumably know him much better than us, and see sides of him that we don't, and none of them have ever diagnosed him bipolar.
More importantly, diagnosing someone based only on their art and their public statements is pretty fraught. Sure, he often looks like almost a stereotype of a bipolar musician in interviews. But he's been under psychiatric care for most of his life. His doctors presumably know him much better than us, and see sides of him that we don't, and none of them have ever diagnosed him bipolar.
sounds morelike bi-polar to me. moodswings, extreme highs and lows, over analysing everything?
@jackflashjess Over-analyzing everything is a central trait of OCD. And Ian has specifically listed this song as one of the ones that's about his struggles with OCD.
@jackflashjess Over-analyzing everything is a central trait of OCD. And Ian has specifically listed this song as one of the ones that's about his struggles with OCD.
More importantly, diagnosing someone based only on their art and their public statements is pretty fraught. Sure, he often looks like almost a stereotype of a bipolar musician in interviews. But he's been under psychiatric care for most of his life. His doctors presumably know him much better than us, and see sides of him that we don't, and none of them have ever diagnosed him bipolar.
More importantly, diagnosing someone based only on their art and their public statements is pretty fraught. Sure, he often looks like almost a stereotype of a bipolar musician in interviews. But he's been under psychiatric care for most of his life. His doctors presumably know him much better than us, and see sides of him that we don't, and none of them have ever diagnosed him bipolar.