Negativity is never an option
Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.
It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.
Love is mental illness going in and mental illness coming out. In between, you do a lot of laundry.
It's more interesting to be out in the world. than to see it reflected in the mirror.
Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an unexpected storm, dropping an endless downpour on young dreams.