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Acting Like An Animal?

peachykeen1995
peachykeen1995

Has anyone ever experienced a loved one with bipolar disorder who also has psychotic breaks?


Like for example at her absolute worst my mom likes to crawl into the closet in the dark and growl at me. A few weeks ago she started screeching incoherently when she got upset.


I know she has bipolar disorder for sure, but I also think she must have some kind of narcissistic personality as well.


But I dont know where to define the closet thing, and the screeching, like what even is that? It's so, for lack of a better word, terrifying.

Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I must admit I've seen people with bipolar in a psychosis but I've never seen anyone growling or screeching..... I'm wondering if something else is going on??
peachykeen1995
peachykeen1995
I've done more research and it seems she may have a borderline personality disorder. I'm no expert and she wont get diagnosed probably ever, so this is all me and my own therapist trying to understand her.
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