Raise your hand if people you think you love disrespect you because of your mental illness.?

Question

I am bipolar, and literally no one understand me. Its cool, but it hurts more when it's someone you love.

Like your best friend.

Parents

Siblings

Girlfriend.

Does it hurt you more when its someone you love? And instead of understanding you, they think you are crazy.... Totally dismissing how you feel, only care about how they feel.

You feel like becoming super successful and slapping them all across their faces. ******* pieces of *****. Then when they feel all sad and down, they ******* expect you to be there for them....

***** doesn't work like that ****** ****** ******* *******.

Guy breaks his leg everyone feels sad for him, guy breaks his mind and he is crazy.

I don't ask for much, I don't ask for pity, just an understanding and to not criticize me for feeling however my bipolar makes me feel.

Whats your story?

Answer 1

We will never know which choice is worse. Your decision to tell your friends and family and have them not understand you. Or my choice to remain silent about my "troubles" and have my friends and family never try because they don't know. The way I see it you can hate them, I can only hate myself.

Answer 2

Having a son going through exaclty what you are, I know how you feel.  Well from a different perspective but still I know.  Some of his friends, I notice, disappear while he is manic.  The will be back but not until my son has come down from his mania.  While he is manic, he is a different person.  A person hard to understand and even harder to like.  He is my son and I love him.  When he is not manic, he is just a pleasure to be around.  He is 22 years old and NEVER gave me an ounce of trouble.  Until September 11, 2007, when he was diagnosed with bipolar I with manic tendencies.  I realize its NOT his fault but he is trying to say the least.

Right now he is just like you, he is manic.  He started the recent episode on July 1st and have been in two Mental Hospital and one regular hospital since that time.  He is now on lamictal and seroquel.  He just started the seroquel yesterday.  He wants to bring to this house 1500 storage units.  Then he thought hmm, maybe that wont fit, so he wants five storage units.  Yay, thats gunna happen.  Not.  He is sleeping now, THANK GOD, I have time to plan my next move.  

I cant understand why you father is still in denial after you have been diagnosed over three, going on four years ago.  Its unfathonable to me.  The good thing I see here is that you are taking responsiblity for your actions and you are seeking help.  You sound like a very nice person.  I also noticed that you try to help others and answer their questions and your answers are excellent.  You have a really good head on your shoulder and I really would like to help but it seems to me that you post these question and never look back at the answers unless you get the answers immediately.  

When you get a chance look back at some of your questions, I have answered quite a few of them.  I also emailed you.  I understand you are in the manic stage of bipolar so I know where you are at.  When you get a chance read them.

I wish you the best.

btw are you on any bipolar meds?

Answer 3

same like u

Answer 4

My boyfriend says things similar. That I don't care and blah balh.

I do care and I understand as much as I can without having the disoder myself.