Enactogenic: tending to provoke rapid-fire lawmaking

I wish I could give you a hug, June. For what you've been through, and for your extraordinary moral courage.

I have bipolar disorder: it slammed like a meteor into my life, so that there is really only Before, and then the years reeling from the impact, and Now.

Mostly, now, you would never guess. Sometimes, it disables me.

Heh. The German equivalent is "shackled" or "chained" to a wheelchair (an den Rollstuhl gefesselt). More black and white than 50 shades of grey.