This isn't an item of burning importance. It's just something I've been wondering about for some time, so I thought I'd ask all of you.
I used to know a woman who claimed to be bipolar. This is what she told me, anyway. She didn't tell our other mutual acquaintances. She didn't mention being on any medication for it, and she never told me whether or not a doctor had diagnosed her as being bipolar.
I never saw any of those high highs and low lows, such as a low mood where she barely spoke or the like. When I dealt with her, she would just burst out with a comment, whether or not it was appropriate, either in a good mood, or a bad one. She also had the tendency to cry when things weren't going her way.
Gradually, she alienated those around her. One woman refused to speak to her, or speak to me about her, because of her behavior. It seems she had a habit of calling up this woman, and/or her boyfriend, and screaming at them. She was very pushy, had to have her own way, tended to fly off the handle if she merely THOUGHT you were criticizing her or asking her something that she'd already been asked, and tended to dominate conversations.
Bipolar, or a spoiled brat claiming the condition?
I used to know a woman who claimed to be bipolar. This is what she told me, anyway. She didn't tell our other mutual acquaintances. She didn't mention being on any medication for it, and she never told me whether or not a doctor had diagnosed her as being bipolar.
I never saw any of those high highs and low lows, such as a low mood where she barely spoke or the like. When I dealt with her, she would just burst out with a comment, whether or not it was appropriate, either in a good mood, or a bad one. She also had the tendency to cry when things weren't going her way.
Gradually, she alienated those around her. One woman refused to speak to her, or speak to me about her, because of her behavior. It seems she had a habit of calling up this woman, and/or her boyfriend, and screaming at them. She was very pushy, had to have her own way, tended to fly off the handle if she merely THOUGHT you were criticizing her or asking her something that she'd already been asked, and tended to dominate conversations.
Bipolar, or a spoiled brat claiming the condition?
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