[tartoran]

We can’t diagnose from the keyboard, only speculate. So why not having both? Kanye strikes me as a classic narcissist, he likened himself with a messiah and so on. While at the same time I trust the leaked diagnose he actually received as bipolar.

[ModernMech]

> Kanye strikes me as a classic narcissist, he likened himself with a messiah and so on. While at the same time I trust the leaked diagnose he actually received as bipolar.

Delusions of grandeur are a common symptom of bipolar mania. His diagnosis explains everything. If he's experiencing a manic episode now, it's hard to draw any conclusions at all about his baseline personality (which may in fact be narcissistic).

[LawTalkingGuy]

> he likened himself with a messiah

I think most narcissists only metaphorically think they're the next coming of christ, and most of them are too self-aware to say it even if they didn't.

If someone tells you they're Christ, or Napoleon, think schizophrenia or bipolar or manic-depressive before narcissism.

[greenhorn360]

You're of course correct. And I'm not a mental health professional.

But as someone who has known several people diagnosed with NPD and bipolar. Kanye screams bipolar manic episode to me. The difference seems subtle until you've seen both close up.