Loïc is bipolar and presents himself as an artichoke heart.

He is currently dating two women at the same time, hiding from each the nature of his relationship with the other.

At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, on "La Libre antenna" of Europe 1, Loïc says he regrets making them both suffer.

TESTIMONY

Loïc was diagnosed with bipolar when he was 50 years old.

He explains that in his manic phases, when his mood is very high, he is drawn to alcohol, tobacco, compulsive shopping and sex.

It then presents itself as an artichoke heart.

Currently, he has two romantic relationships at the same time.

He is sorry because he is aware of hurting the two women he is seeing.

At the microphone of "La Libre antenna", on Europe 1, Loïc confides in his complicated sentimental life.

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"I am 65 years old. I am an artichoke heart and bipolar. Bipolar disease is characterized by very low phases, it is depression that can go as far as melancholy. In psychiatric terms, melancholy is the bottom. depression which can lead to suicide. The opposite of depression is the manic phase, where the mood is very high and we do anything. It can rise very high until the danger to oneself and to others. 

In the manic phases, there are co-morbidities, such as alcohol and tobacco, which I have been heavily involved in.

Today I have COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and emphysema, these are big lung problems.

There are also drugs and gambling that I have never touched.

When we are very high, we put ourselves in danger and we endanger others, especially on the road.

Finally, there is sex.

We come back to the heart of artichoke. 

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I make my companions unhappy

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The heart of artichoke that I am has a very complicated sentimental life. I make my companions unhappy. I have two friends now, both of whom are in love with me. I texted them saying, 'I beg your forgiveness for making you suffer.' I realize that I am hurting them. When I'm with one, I don't talk about the other; and when I'm with the other, I don't talk about one. They know each other's existence, but one doesn't know the reality of my relationship with the other. 

Since being diagnosed with bipolar, I have had four or five heart attacks.

None of these crushes led to anything.

It is very well that way.

I also have a fantasy.

It's a third person that makes me dream.

I fell in love with a redhead with green eyes and rosewood hair.

I couldn't help but go for a motorcycle ride in front of his home.

I resisted the urge to leave him a note in his mailbox with my phone number.

I know this person is a man-eater.

It will remain a fantasy.

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Before, I had very high and very low phases, very close together. For nine months, I have stabilized. This is called normothymia. I have friends that I trust. I go out. I take care of local politics. I write in a local duckling. I am known as the white wolf. I fill my life. I have been retired for three years after a fairly long period of disability. Being on disability is demeaning. My daughter suffered a lot from it. Seeing your dad at home is not an ideal image for a child.

I was diagnosed with bipolar fairly quickly, at age 50. Usually, it takes several years to diagnose bipolarity. I read books by psychiatrists to get to know better and better understand my disease. You can be bipolar and happy. There are two absolute rules: have confidence in your therapist and take the treatment he or she prescribes you scrupulously. I have a referent psychiatrist, a referent nurse, a psychologist and I am followed by an association for my addictions. I am very well surrounded. Bipolarity does not prevent happiness. "