Bold and the Beautiful: What is the deal with Stephanie and Pam and their history of mental illness?

Question

What is Pam supposed to take pills for?

Answer 1

well  I never heard them diagnose Stephanie as bi-polar.  She had all those anger issues because of the abuse she suffered as a child.

Now,  Pam is a different  story,,,,she is the one on the medication and doing crazy flippy things.  She is bi-polar.

I never did like her, and I hope they take her away in a straight jacket and sent her home to her MaMa.

Answer 2

She's a Crazy,LOL but like somebody said she is Bi Polor!

I can't stand Stephanie and I keep feeling like it's time for her to retire,lol

But really Stephanie's illness is b/c her Father used to hit her when she was a child so I guess it messed her up.

Answer 3

Pam: Not abused by father like sister, Stephanie, but was aware of the abuse Steph was enduring. Bipolar.



Stephanie went into counseling with Taylor, determined to find out why she did the things that she did, and her therapy sessions revealed that she had been beaten as a child by her father, which her mother had never tried to stop. Stephanie went to Chicago to confront her mother, Ann, whom she had pretended was dead for the last thirty years. Ann initially denied everything, even though Stephanie's sister Pam, who looked after Ann, tried to get her to see the truth.

Answer 4

She's Bipolar... It was because their father was abusive to Steph so that's why she' off

Answer 5

Recently, Stephanie had been remembering the abuse that she had suffered at the hands of their late father, John. Ann hadn't protected Stephanie from the wrath of their father, and when confronted on this twice by Stephanie, she had turned her back on her and that forced Stephanie to declare her mother dead.

Pamela was never abused by her father John, like Stephanie had been. She was witness to the confrontation that Stephanie and Ann had. She also met Stephanie's husband, Eric Forrester (John McCook), whom she has met and remembers fondly; as does Ann. The small talk eventually gives way to the inevitable confrontation that Stephanie has to have with Ann, in order to be healed from her pain.

Pamela, it was discovered, knew about the abuse, but since she was the shyer member of the family, nobody felt she should have been heard; and she took it upon her own shoulders to try to protect her older sister. Stephanie, however, reassured her that she needn't have taken all that burden upon herself. This bonded Stephanie and Pamela all over again.

Despite Ann's repeated denials, Pamela insisted that she hear what Stephanie had to say. She stood by Stephanie as she explained her story to their unhearing mother, and then, felt her sister's pain once again, when Ann said to Stephanie, as she had done 30 years previously, "Shame on you, Stephanie!". This infuriated Eric, who then unleashed his verbal anger on Ann, defending Stephanie and Pamela.

Pills are for bipolar disorder due to her past experiences.  

Answer 6

makes no sense.....you don't get bipolar b/c you were abused....it's hereditary....