{"text":"I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present 'normal' self, I am far removed from when I have been my liveliest, most productive, most intense, most outgoing and effervescent. In short, for myself, I am a hard act to follow.","author":"Kay Redfield Jamison","tags":["bipolar","mania","manic","mental-illness","psychology"],"id":100412,"author_id":"Kay+Redfield+Jamison"}