GP's comment that MacGowan was a partier is correct. But there was a terrible misdiagnosis in the case of Sinéad. She was never bipolar but was prescribed medication for it, after she had a mastectomy which caused hormonal unbalances.
Depressed and maybe borderline she was, but above all devastated by the preventible suicide of her son. (which is a huge story of Ireland's health service momumental fuckups on its own.)
I would say that people in pain are in a privileged place to understand other's suffering and sometimes able to do something about it. Even if they are unable to fix their own ghosts. Some of the O'Connor problems, like having an abusive mother, can't be directly attributed to her. Other are.
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"I love Shane," Ms O'Connor said, "and it makes me angry to see him destroy himself selfishly in front of those who love him."
That's just too much irony.
Sinead O'Connor developed some quite serious mental health issues, and the suicide of her son finished her. McGowan was just a hard-core partier.
Yes. Terrible, all of it.
GP's comment that MacGowan was a partier is correct. But there was a terrible misdiagnosis in the case of Sinéad. She was never bipolar but was prescribed medication for it, after she had a mastectomy which caused hormonal unbalances.
Depressed and maybe borderline she was, but above all devastated by the preventible suicide of her son. (which is a huge story of Ireland's health service momumental fuckups on its own.)
I would say that people in pain are in a privileged place to understand other's suffering and sometimes able to do something about it. Even if they are unable to fix their own ghosts. Some of the O'Connor problems, like having an abusive mother, can't be directly attributed to her. Other are.
Drugs just accelerate the melting mind process.