What are your thoughts on people with bipolar disorder?
Would you still be friends with someone if you found out they were bipolar? Do you know anyone who is bipolar. How does your relationship work?
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One thing that I’ve always thought is that 100 or so years ago, they would have just been the drunk, drugged homeless man, eccentric bird lady that everyone talked about. Now that they have been able to diagnose and treat it with some measure of success it has made a more normal life possible for millions of people! My Brother in Law is bipolar – he can be a real jerkoff, but hey, can’t everyone?
Yes I would be friends with them.
i think i would…and i dont know anybody bipolar..
I think bipolar people are just like any other people, and I would definitely still be friends with that person. Sometimes I wonder if I have bipolar disorder because sometimes I show the symptoms.
I have a bipolar friend, it’s very frustrating because some of the simplest things set her off, she bitches @ me, then 10 minutes later shes fine.. but im not
I like myself very much.
They sometimes scare me. I guess I could be friends with someone with bipolar…until they went off on me or something. My uncle has a mild case of bipolar.
i think i might be a tad bipolar myself……….but i find it really annoying when somebody else has it because they will just start yelling at you for no reason
My dad, my aunt(who I haven’t seen since I was seven),and someone I used to be friends with are bipolar. I find it’s very hard to maintain a god relationship with them.
I used to have a friend that was bipolar, it was weird..but I dont have anything against bipolar people; its not like its their fault.
I know about three people that are bipolar, and it’s difficult at times, but we get past it. We’re good friends!
I have bi-polar sometimes but I blame PMS..Yes I have friends they just let me do my own thing and ignore the mood swings.
Yes I would still be friends with someone if they were bipolar. I have a friend who actually is bipolar and we have remained friends for 4yrs now. You just have to stay on there good sides ;]
im kinda scared of them
i feel bad for them. its so hard to work with them. my little cousin is bipolar. its scary, one second she will be all "i love you!" and the next second she will be trying to stab me with a pencil. she has got left back in school 3 times because she refuses to learn and makes a scene in class. her parents just want to give up with her soemtimes but thank god they dont. alot of times i loose my patience with her and blow up on her but then that just triggers her to get crazy. bipolar disorder is not fun.
they sure know how to party… lol
Yes, I know people who are and love people who are… if they take their medication they are no different from you and me. If they aren’t, you will know it and just need to understand the condition.
I’m Bipolar
I have plenty of friends, they don’t really notice though. Usually when I go into deep depression or randomly get angry for no reason they just back off or try to cheer me up.
It really sucks, sometimes I feel alone and that people dislike me because of the swings. And I have a friend who is Bipolar as well, he’s helping me alot xD
i know someone with bipolar and were pretty good friends, its kinda sad how they have to live with it, it sometimes is very hard for her to live with it
i’ve seen her get mad at people and its crazy, but i understand how she feels
they need friends but it is hard because there are times when they depressed and suicidal and you have no idea why they would feel that way. normal people if there is any really dont understand why a bi polar person would hurt themselves but i would be their friend
My husband is bi polar. As long as he takes his medication he’s a great guy. When he don’t take it, he’s grumpier than anything.
I met a girl last spring, who showed symptoms of bipolar disorder.We remained friends couple months, talking on the phone, then I think I upset her and she didn’t answered my calls anymore.I felt very guilty for this, but then I realized there was nothing I could do about this…
Yes i sure hope they would!
I have bipolar disorder, it’s not really bad but noticeable, i have never had bipolar friends but if someone was it wouldn’t bother me, as long as they take their medication there exactly like everyone else.
Being Bipolar is nothing to base your friendship on, would you be friends with someone who is sick? mentally retarded? handicapped? base your thoughts on their personality not their faults,
A lot of my friends are bipolar. It doesn’t bother me at all, I just know them and their moods, and we get along fine. Some days I want to beat the crap out of them, but they feel that way about me too.
Plus, bipolar always reminds me of polar bears, and I like polar bears.
So, what I’m getting at, is I wouldn’t not be friends with someone just because they’re bipolar. I wouldn’t be friends with them if they were a dick, but that’s totally different.
In high school I had a friend that was bi polar, it really didn’t make any difference. He was really cool. It could get interesting when he wasn’t on his meds but if you knew him, you understood and he always went back on them. We just lost touch after high school. I have never let something like that determine my friendships.
My mother was bipolar, but was not diagnosed as such until near the time she passed away. She had severe mood swings, and the kids in school would make fun of her and of myself. It was very painful growing up. She passed away when I was 40 years old. Of course I would be friends with someone who had bipolar disorder. I loved my mom, and i watched as she suffered.
Many people are bipolar to some degree. It doesn’t mean you can’t live a fairly normal life. I have several friends and relatives who are bipolar.
I would still be friends with and have and would love someone who is bi polar. People tend to act as if being bi polar is an untreatable reprehensible condition that only brings doom and gloom to those diagnosed and to their friends and loved ones who are around them. It’s not true. Your true friends and family that are not "shirt tail" relatives will still be there loving and supporting you if you allow them.
My ex husband was diagnosed with something, either bi polar or schizophrenia. We were going through a divorce at the time and he would not tell me his diagnosis and refused to allow me to speak with his doctor. He refused to let me in…to be with him and help him through the process of becoming stabilized while he found the right combination of his medication. He drove me away.
He did some pretty questionable things in the name of love and I have forgiven him. Now he tells me that he regrets the way he treated me and realizes I was only trying to help. It’s too late. I had no hidden agenda. I only wanted to help him and love him in the process. When he refused to let me in, he decided maintaining our relationship was not worth the effort.
I know people who are bipolar. I used to be a councillor for people who are bipolar. I know someone who is bipolar personally. I know how to take her so it works out ok. We are not close friends but we are friends.
If they were cool , yea