Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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I dont tell anyone I have BP becuase of the same reason that I USED to think of pp with BP!! that they were nuts!!! does anyone else rather say "oh I just have a mood disorder and if you are an asshole, Ill simply tell you,.. so dont fuck with me" other than saying "oh sorry for cussing you out I am bipolar and turn in an instant."
I was diag about 2 months ago and have told my mom my very slose friend and hubby...
I just feel if I tell others, they will just not understand.
Do you regret telling anyone??
I was diag about 2 months ago and have told my mom my very slose friend and hubby...
I just feel if I tell others, they will just not understand.
Do you regret telling anyone??
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Now I don't tell anyone that doesn't have to know.
Crap! It's not like we chose to have this any more than someone chooses their skin color!
Once at work a collegue was talking about how someone she knows is NUTS because their skitzophrenic and she was bagging them out about being crazy etc. I sat there with such a straight face not laughing or smiling at anything she said. I dont think she even noticed but i wanted to yell at her "HOW DARE YOU! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW A MENTAL ILLNESS CAN AFFECT SOEMONE! IT IS NOT A JOKE!"
Instead I waited until she finished and said "I feel sorry for people like that. They can't control what they have just like soemone can't control whether they have cancer or diabetes...it could affect ANYONE." and walked away.
But ,in my opinion,until we open up,show the world that BP walk among them..and that we are bank tellers and shop keepers and lawyers and ..yes ..even Doctors...not jst loonies walking around in the shadows......there will always be a stigma to mental illness.
The other day my hubby did something and I blew up the first thing he said screaming at me was are you taking your meds.
After I walked away nad calmed down after I freaked of course I told him, this pill will not CURE me. I just dont know how to explain it and I want him to understand..I just odnt know what to do with it all or where to put it.
How did you get your loved ones to udnerstand?