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Much of Hemingway's character and that of numerous other creative people throughout history is best viewed within the context of Bipolar Disorder. Note that Manic Depression is the most heritable of all psychiatric disorders and that suicide is a sadly recurrent theme in the Hemingway family.
In Ernest Hemingway's family, there have been 5 suicides over 4 generations! - OMG Facts Sex
And--writers mostly live in the left hemisphere of their brains. Not the happiest region of the neuro-psyche.
Kay Redfield Jamison is a psychiatrist who lives with bipolar disorder - her book: Touched With Fire explores the relationship between bipolar and creativity.