Edwin Eugen Aldrin, Jr. (nicknamed Buzz) was born on January 20, 1930 in New Jersey. He is most famous for being one of the first humans to walk on the moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin also flew over 60 combat missions in the Korean War. In his personal life, he has been married three times, has six children, and one grandchild.
When asked about his psychological health, Aldrin denied having bipolarity, instead calling it depression and alcoholism. Psychiatrists, however, still believe it to be bipolar disorder. Regardless, his emotional difficulties split up his family and led to a divorce. This break down made it hard for him to adjust to life, especially with his new celebrity status. As a result, he was often hospitalized for severe depression. Fortunately, Buzz Aldrin has been able to overcome his problems with therapy and by building a new family.
Personally, I feel that bipolarity is a grey area in psychology. I think it is too hard to determine whether or not someone is suffering from bipolar disorder or some other mental issue. Bipolar disorder, in my mind, is one of the least severe pyschological problems a person can have. Whatever the true nature of bipolar disorder is, however, does not stop a person from being a success. Clearly, we are able to overcome bipolarity and depression with therapy and other techniques.
For more information:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20010501-000029.html
7 comments:
I like your blog alot. It describes him and his life with the disorder. Not like the other blogs i've read this has a good ending. The guy actually takes a chance to change his life. You get a 100
Wow! Great post! :) You clearly stated how Aldrin's disease affected him and his career as well as included your own personal opinion.
Good job!
Nice try. Jk. Good job on the history of his life and how his illness affected his life and family. I personally disagree with your thoughts on bipolarity. WHile it may be a gray area in psychology, it is still a very important psychological problem and i think its effects are too commonly overlooked. But good job.
I agree that it is difficult to diagnose someone with bipolar disorder because it could be something else. I liked your blog and I liked how you talked about how successful he has been but also about the difficulties he faced at one time. Also, it is good that you added how treatment worked for him and how he got a chance at a good life.
this was really good and interesting to read, because it kinda has a good ending. like you said, the bipolar disorder that aldrin had didn't stop him to become successful and it was also great to hear that he overcame his problems with the help of therapy.
Very detailed description of his life and also of his disorder. It's amazing that he achieved so much. However, I have to disagree with your conclusion. Bipolarity is real and valid disorder. It affects sufferers in ways that regular people can't understand. Either way, this post was great.
Great post! I like how detatiled you got on the disorder.
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