I first must share with you that I am bipolar. My mother said that I have been bipolar all my life. I was not diagnosed with bipolar until I was 33 years old. My family just thought I was eccentric and I thought I was having visions from GOD. My Faith was wrapped up with my visions and hence I believed that the mania was somehow messages from GOD. I have both auditory and visual illusions and I still believe that these illusions are visions from GOD. The delusions came from trying to interpret those visions. After I was diagnosed with bipolar I no longer try to make sense of these visions....