Recalled accounts from family members, ex-friends/partners/employees of Prince often reveal one of two emotional dynamics to his character displayed during their interaction. on the one hand their are accounts of the loving, giving Prince with his great humour and acts of generousity. Yet, at the other end of the spectrum, these desireable personalilty traits are equally matched with numerous reports of a not so nice individual. A man who often hurt those around him.

What dynamic of princes character do u magnate to?

Personally i like the darker side of prince. The cold unsocial Man detached from reality portrayed in certain accounts. it gives a glimpse into what sounds like a troubled character.

Also, perhaps give an account of an event or an interview snippet which demonstrates Your choosen personality trait.

This is too much for the Org crowd.

But...I like the dark Camille like...left field...non-conformist Prince side.

FlyingCloudPassenger said:

Guess your right FlyingcloudPassenger. just the one response. oh well, i was looking forward to hearing peoples accounts. One of my favourites, which promotes prince as a warm giving man is taken from the famous First Ave performance.

"we dont have a prince in Minnesotta, we have a king".

this is in recognition to his charitable efforts and amazing performance he gave.

I would love to give my opinion but as I value it and don't want folks on a website to rip it to shreads, fuck it.

howcomeudontcallme said:

You know...he's a Gemini...maybe even bipolar...that's just the thing that makes him do great things, which in that case, the 1st avenue charity show, I'd love to see him do more of.

But then, he's talking about the NOw and letting go of kids and stuff...it's all wierd.

I'd say my favorite anti-herd thing of Prince's is his comedic performance in Under The Cherry Moon. Just like the Bealtes Hard Day's Night let the real life personalaties of The Beatles shine through, Prince's sense of humor and individuality really shined on that one.

Also on Party Man! That's his other side, the bad ass super FUnky cat who causes much maylay!

Prince seemed to suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder or at least a Defferred

I've always (well not always,lol) thought prince to be bipolar. which makes him quite an interesting character.

Anyways, I've always liked the "out-of-whack", under the cherry moon type prince.

Do you guys even know the symptomology or diagnostic criteria for bipolar?

He's got two sides, and they're both friends.

But really, he's one way or the other all the time, we all got our mood swings.

lovebizzare said:

Definitely not.

I just always thought he was a stankazz. Being a bit of one myself, I think I can relate and understand him a lot more than others.

NuPwrSoul said:

LOL

but most people (not meaning you) are stankazz because of things that happened to them etc in a crucial development stage in their lifetime

I think Prince is bipolar. What little we've seen of his personality seems to suggest it. And it's not that uncommon, really. Especially among artistic types.

meow85 said:

Ok since u want to call someone or diagnose someone bipolar...what pray tell have u seen of his personality that suggests that he is bipolar..do you know what the criteria even is?
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just to emotionican a few of his attributes.
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rdhull said:

Bipolar is a broadly used term. It can be used rather preciesly to denote the 'end' points of a well-specified dimension. However, it can also be used in a somewhat more loose manner. For instance, as a means to describe two processes or branches of something, or two 'more-or-less opposed reactionsto a person or an event.This, i believe is the context that some of the orgers use the term. Although that would mean very little - it suggests that along the dimension of 'sociability', Prince sometimes displays socially desireable personality traits and then not so desireable personality traits. i am sure that we are all guilty of this, prince included, dependant on our mood at the time. then, are we not all bipolar? generally i would say yes we are.

None of the orgers claimed that Prince suffered from bipolar 'disorder'. That would be a very different matter indeed as it would claim that Prince suffers from a major mood disorder in which both manic and depressive epispodes occur. No body here is at liberty to diagnose Prince with such a condition (which they havent, for the record)


I hope that answers your question.

You know what...

I wanna see proof of the various college degrees here...cause dammit some of ya'll don't need to be here...you should be making $100,000 a year helping folks with their mental problems...seriously...

Now honestly, to say Prince is bipolar is EXTREMELY incorrect. I had a very close friend with bipolar disorder. When he was on his medication he was calm and could function normally. However, when he was not on his meds he was physically destructive, overally emotionally and at times dangerous.

Bipolar is associated with feelings of "highs" and crashing. (Physically and emotionally). Yes like Prince many with this diease of the ability to stay up several days in a row. Many get spontaneous ideas and act on them immediately. This disease when controlled can allow the person to function normally. My friend didn't like the side effects of the medication, so he stopped his pills. Last time I heard he was beating up some girl at a night club due to a "rage" moment association with this disorder.

I learned all this info because I wrote a couple of papers on this disease early in college. I lost a very good friend from Bipolar Disorder. So, I know many have their opinons of Prince...and thats cool. Just be aware making some statements carry a pretty heavy load.

- June 19

howcomeudontcallme said:

what does "magnate" mean? The noun form is "a great or influential person", but what's it mean as a verb in this context. I'm not trying to jam in you up, in case you've misspelled or typed it incorrectly. I really don't understand your post.
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June19 said:

Tell me about it. I have first hand experience with people close to me who are bi polar. It goes much deeper than most people realize. Unless the people here know Prince personally (NOT HEARSAY) and can give some examples, I've never heard of anything publicly that made me think that guy is bipolar.
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Supernova said:

Bi-Polar is nothing 2 kid or joke about...and throwing around that title without properly understanding the symptoms first hand is far reaching...

People fail 2 understand...Prince is human...leave it at that...

howcomeudontcallme said:

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I know what bi-polar is..and what you said did answer my question or at leadst what I thoiught..that nobody espousing that Prince was bipolar knows what the criteria is but would rather play armchair psychologist thoweoing around a clinical dosirder on someone.

Nobody said Prince had bipolar disorder. They said he was bipolar. These are completely different things. As for qualifications, i have a BSc (hons) degree of Psychology and i am now in my 2nd year of study to become a Dr of clinical psychology.

Please take time to read the paragraphs below. This was posted by myself earlier in the thread.

Bipolar is a broadly used term. It can be used rather preciesly to denote the 'end' points of a well-specified dimension. However, it can also be used in a somewhat more loose manner. For instance, as a means to describe two processes or branches of something, or two 'more-or-less opposed reactionsto a person or an event.This, i believe is the context that some of the orgers use the term. Although that would mean very little - it suggests that along the dimension of 'sociability', Prince sometimes displays socially desireable personality traits and then not so desireable personality traits. i am sure that we are all guilty of this, prince included, dependant on our mood at the time. then, are we not all bipolar? generally i would say yes we are.

None of the orgers claimed that Prince suffered from bipolar 'disorder'. That would be a very different matter indeed as it would claim that Prince suffers from a major mood disorder in which both manic and depressive epispodes occur. Nobody here is at liberty to diagnose Prince with such a condition (which they havent, for the record)
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P.s why shouldnt an educated person be here? you say that we should be making $100,000 a year helping folk. Does this mean that we cant have any leisure time to ourselves?

June19 said:

PFunkjazz said:

I meant which side of Princes character are you most drawn towards? The darker aspects of his character or the more pleasant, sociable, humourus side?