Being frazzled

I wonder if being frazzled has to do with being manic or depressed.  Being bipolar just sucks, but I have to endure it.  I am always mindful that there are many who are mentally ill that are doing much worse than I.  There are starving people in the world and I am feeling guilty about being so self-centered and self-absorbed.  I feel that being mentally ill gives one a sense of clarity and a sense of reality that I wouldn't have otherwise.  I wonder if I can handle being in another person's shoes however.  It probably would be difficult to bear since anything can be a trigger for an obsessive thought.