I suffered the same abuse as a child and I have often wondered if it had anything to do with the BP

Not sure about abuse. I have heard that one reason that we may be bipolar is because we have a poor stress response. Could that be brought about by abuse? Sounds plausible to me. I wonder.

I meant to write, "Do you think a lot of people with BP have been abused in some WAY or another?

low stress response? really?

how did you learn that?

read it somewhere, sorry I can't be more specific. I just can't deal with stress. Traffic for instance; it just sends me off of the deep end.

I think abuse is often linked to borderline personality disorder...don't think bipolar *shrug*

I wasn't abused in any way.They argued with each other.Not even greatly compared to some.
BP is far more individual than that

The columns you are referring to are your communities. It list what communities you post in and your profiling. You can be in more than 1 community

I was molested and I KNOW that started my psycho bullshit. Some is genetic, tho.

I was very abused by my ex husband for the 11 yeard we were married and there is a connection.Because of all the abuse I went through from him I became this way.I got every kind of abuse there is from that man.

I think the incidence rate is higher just because of the out-of- control nature of BP and the tendancy for BP to run in families...however, I also believe that abuse is part of the reason BP happens.

In my case it would definitely apply...and even for those people who don't think it does apply, there is always the possiblity they are in denial about their abuse and don't remember it.

Some people (medical and psych professionals) think BP is all biological - entirely caused by chemical imabalance in the brain. (nature)

And others think it is largely due to the aftermath of suffering abuse. (nurture)

I think it is impossible to tell, in this case, which came first, the chicken or the egg, unless you could backtrack through generations and find out which started first, and you can't do that.

I was told very recently that traumatic incidents release BP (start it going) so it could very well be being abused thhat started you bp, my husband and dads deathe started mine etc etc

I don't think my abuse gave anything to my bipolar, I think it contributed to me being depressed though

Abuse in any form for BP's jump sarts our disorder. Some of us had it worse than others.

i was sexually abused as a child by a family member..the thing is a had a nervous breakdown 3 years ago because my 8 year old daughter was sexually abused..did this trigger the bp? who knows i wish i did hope this helps