I know it’s one that both villainized and sensationalized by media, I want to know what it’s really like and not some fear-mongering missinformation a lot of people spread. Thanks
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I have friends who are diagnosed bipolar. The swings can be quite a rollercoaster for those around them, to the point where it can make maintaining a friendship quite a challenge.
The BP person can totally deny they are in a mania phase. To them the world is great, they are made of Teflon, this business idea is the best ever and can’t fail, selling everything, moving to Alaska to become a yak farmer will never fail and the wife and kids will be totally happy living in grandma’s shed for three months while they make the first million selling yak milk butter to McDonald’s. Besides in the evenings they will write a children’s book that is bound to be an international best seller – that’s a great backup plan!
With meds it can all be controlled but with one person I am thinking of, over a twenty year time frame… there was an initial incident of mania that almost destroyed her life, ( to the point it’s never discussed). and a second incident a decade later that was narrowly averted by a couple of good friends who pulled an intervention.
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