Moods are by nature compelling, contagious, and profoundly interpersonal, and disorders of mood alter the perceptions and behaviors not only of those who have them but also of those who are related or closely associated. Manic-depressive illness – marked as it is by extraordinary and confusing fluctuations in mood, personality, thinking, and behavior – inevitably has powerful and often painful effects on relationships.
-Kay Redfield Jamison
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