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The disorder is also found in a large number of people involved in the arts. It is an ongoing study as to why many creative geniuses had bipolar disorder.
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In my personal opinion, this question is backwards. Perhaps it is not that many creative people have bipolar disorders, rather that bipolar conditions cause many people to seek (creative) emotional outlets.
To me, music is like opening a stress relief valve. You can tell my mood at any given time by the music I'm playing or listening to. But that's just about the only way I have ever learned how to relieve emotions that I'm struggling with.