I feel like I've run up against a brick wall. I finally got diagnosed as bipolar last month (after being misdiagnosed as depressed for 12 years). At this point I no longer have any friends to turn to for support. My boyfriend is wonderful in every other way but considers bipolar to be my issue for me to deal with. He thinks all mental health issues can be overcome through willpower. He refuses to learn about it or give me a warning when he sees symptoms. My mother is somewhat helpful. She clues me in when she notices that I'm having issues. Unfortunately I don't trust her at all. Last year she called child protective services when I went through a period of severe of anxiety and pseudo seizures. Recently she brought it up again in conversation. I don't trust her to do the right thing if I'm experiencing severe symptoms. I want to be able to come up with a psychiatric emergency plan because I think it would help me feel less stressed out. I worry that if I end up going into the hospital my mother would try to have my children taken away instead of caring for them. I also don't feel that I can be honest with anyone in my life about how I'm "really" doing for fear that they will not understand and do something drastic. I really don't know what to do about all of this. I feel completely worried, misunderstood, lost, and lonely in all of this. Does anyone have any suggestions?