Bipolar disorder ‘a blessing and a curse’: How Ian Higgins sees life through a creative lens

When Ian Higgins was raced to hospital and then placed in a mental health unit four years ago, it was the worst time of his life — but it was also a transformative experience.

Terrible in that it brought back memories of another night decades before.

“The last time I went in an ambulance blaring, it was my mother in the act of committing suicide and…