Pete Wentz
Pete is finding it easier to deal with over time: “While I’ll always be bipolar, I find it easier to deal with now. With marriage and fatherhood, I’ve finally found two fixed points in my life. They’ve taught me patience. They’ve also taught me that I don’t need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme. In the past my brain would never stop. Now I’m a father, the world no longer revolves around me. When I’m with Bronx, he’s got my complete attention. It fascinates me to speculate on what he’s thinking and feeling at any given moment. I also love to speculate about what kind of man he’s going to become. He could be another Neil Armstrong or Christopher Columbus. Who is he going to fall in love with? What’s his hair going to be like when he’s 15? Then, while I’m fantasising about all this stuff, he’ll go to put his hand in his mouth and end up smacking himself in the eye. He’s the single greatest achievement of my life.”
Kim Novak
Kim admits it took a long time to figure out what was wrong with her but she has medication to help her now: “I’m bipolar… but there’s medicine you can take for this now. I was not diagnosed until much later. I go through more of the depression than the mania part.”
