Kanye West new album yay just dropped and he discusses being diagnosed with
Bipolar but is this an excuse for his behavior let's discuss what is up
everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
focus on the solution and yes in this video right here we're gonna be talking
about Kanye West his bipolar disorder his actions recently and is this an
excuse for his behavior but do me a favor and share this video because
whether or not you're a Kanye West fan I'm gonna talk about the stigma of
mental illness and a lot of topics that a lot of people need to hear so please
please please do me a favor and share this video
alright so real quick fun fact about me I was a huge Kanye West fan and what I
say was it's not because of his recent behaviors it's just I'm not a fan of
like his last few albums that's about it but I really connected to Kanye West and
his lyrics way back in the day like his first few albums I loved it like
something that he talked about quite a bit was overcoming obstacles of being
driven with motivation when people told him that he couldn't do something he did
it right and a lot of people saw that as forming his cockiness but for me like
that is something that I try to use as my motivation for example this YouTube
channel right here a lot of people thought it wasn't gonna go anywhere and
now it's gradually growing and I love that like that is my fuel you know what
I'm saying people thought I wasn't gonna stay sober
that is my fuel bin thing I really loved I loved the way he produces albums like
he used to have a little bit more of a soul style it kind of touches it on this
new album but like I said me not being a huge Kanye West fan anymore it's more
about his music than his actions alright because I've watched Kanye closely and
something that impacted him greatly was the loss of his mother so again in this
video we're gonna be discussing bipolar disorder and his actions recently and
things like that and is it an excuse like the difference between myself and
some others is a lot of people are looking at this guy saying what a jerk I
can't believe you did this but me I see a guy who's going through grief
he's also struggling with his mental illness so on the cover of his new album
yay it says I hate being bipolar it's awesome but what does this mean well
let's take a look at his outro on his track yikes that's why with yay
that's my third person that's my bipolar what that's my superpower
ain't no disability I'm a superhero I'm a superhero well let's talk about that
real quick can having bipolar disorder make you like a superhero are there
benefits to being bipolar so according to some of the leading researchers on
bipolar disorders there actually are some benefits to being bipolar so if
you're somebody with bipolar there are some benefits to it if you know somebody
with bipolar share this video with them because let's talk about some of the
benefits to being bipolar so this is from an article that I actually pulled
from Psychology Today and this gentleman actually went to a conference and he
says first up with Cherie Johnson PhD who teaches at UC Berkeley and does
basic research on mania her talk was about how people with bipolar disorder
are more reactive to rewards and goals in their lives they tend to work harder
towards such goals and refused to give up long after quote-unquote normal
people do dr. Johnson is currently conducting studies to understand the
greater reactivity to success in this population so think about that real
quick I was just talking about how something I loved about Kanye is his
motivation to pursue his goals and accomplish these things this is actually
a trait of people with bipolar disorder so next let's talk about creativity
Terrence Kenner MD who teaches at Stanford School of Medicine and runs the
Stanford bipolar disorders clinic covered the relationship between
creativity and bipolar with details from many studies inspired by his clinical
work with exceptionally creative individuals dr. Keter has developed a
strong interest in the relationship of creativity and mood disorders he shared
the latest research trying to figure out why the link between bipolar and
creativity is so strong so think about that why is Kanye who he is well he
isn't like he has done things with rap and hip-hop
and these are things that not many other people can do like I remember watching a
video where they broke down like the things he does just like with his music
from album to album and it's like pure genius
so people with bipolar are also a little bit more creative than the average
person so these are very cool things all right so now now we got to talk about
the other stuff so recently Kanye West was at TMZ and
the the big news line was he said slavery was a choice all right things
like that Kim Kardashian hop on Twitter saying you know you guys shouldn't you
know just talk about mental illness like that just all sorts of stuff going on
and the question is is his bipolar disorder an excuse for this comment as
well as some of his other erotic behaviors the answer is no it is not an
excuse it's a reason so here's the rant portion of this video I completely
disagree with this idea that you should never apologize for your mental illness
it is one of the million reasons why I started this channel I kept saying
article after article after article like no I won't apologize for my anxiety no I
want to apologize for my bipolar no I want to apologize for my PTSD like what
what like okay let's imagine instead of a mental illness a physical illness
let's say a guy was in a wheelchair right he's a paraplegic he's in a
wheelchair and he just constantly rolls over people's feet on purpose like
wouldn't we look at that guy and say oh it's okay you don't have to apologize
you're in a wheelchair so it's okay to be a jerk no I'd be like you're a jerk
quit running over people's feet it's the same thing with mental illness we can't
just run around doing whatever we want and not apologize for it so like for me
for example I've mentioned before my anxiety makes me kind of moody and
aggravated and irritated and what I try to do is be very mindful of when my
anxieties coming so I can let the people know around me like in advance like hey
if I snap at you I'm really sorry but I'm in this mode right now you know what
I mean like I'm not apologizing for the disorder I'm apologizing for the actions
that might have hurt somebody like I just mentioned in my last video about
how this channels changing like I want to like promote like kindness and being
nice to each other and stuff like that like not apologizing for
you did in a manic episode is ridiculous and it's not cool like once you come
come back down like you gotta sit back and reflect and say yo like I'm sorry of
what I did during that episode hurt you like one of the main reasons is that we
talk a lot about the stigma of mental illness on this channel and sometimes
we're the ones perpetuating the stigma people then use that as a reason to
stigmatize mental illness they think that we're all running around just nuts
and not having to apologize for any of our actions and that's not cool because
it's hurting the overall cause of what we're trying to accomplish together so
yeah Kanye you should apologize when you
freak out and do these things and not apologizing that has nothing to do with
mental illness that has something to do with pride and ego those two things
that's it so Kanye you're my boy but you need to apologize alright but anyways I
hope you enjoyed this video are you trying to explain the new album by Kanye
West yay by the way please do me a favor if you
want to learn more about bipolar disorder living with bipolar disorder I
will link in the description two of my buddies Kay aka bipolar pug her Channel
and then also Kim Charlson both of them I've done collapse with them they talk a
lot about their struggles with bipolar and things that help them so please go
check out their channels alright anyways if you like this video please give it a
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apologize for acting crazy and I'll see you next time