Kanye West has opened up about his struggles with bipolar disorder. Kanye, who has been campaigning against the stigmatisation of people with mental health issues, opened up in the new season of David Letterman’s Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”
In a clip of the episode, Kanye said “I wouldn’t be able to explain that as much just because, you know, I’m not a doctor. I can just tell you what I’m feeling at the time, and I feel a heightened connection with the universe when I’m ramping up. It is a health issue. it’s like a sprained brain, like having a sprained ankle. And if someone has a sprained ankle, you’re not going to push on him more. With us, once our brain gets to a point of spraining, people do everything to make it worse. You have this moment where you feel everyone wants to kill you. You pretty much don’t trust anyone. When you’re in this state, you’re hyper-paranoid about everything, everyone. This is my experience, other people have different experiences. Everyone now is an actor. Everything’s a conspiracy. You feel the government is putting chips in your head. You feel you’re being recorded. You feel all these things. They have this moment where they put you, they handcuff you, they drug you, they put you on the bed, and they separate you from everyone you know. everyone you know. That’s something that I am so happy that I experienced myself so I can start by changing that moment.”