I would be shell shocked too from that abuse you have given them.
i agree about the family being shit scared, but i wouldn't call it "abuse" because being bipolar is not something that is done on purpose...
i, too, have been hospitalized numerous times, and yes - my family, too, has been thru the wringer w/me, but it's not been done on purpose...
What I said sounds harsh i know, but it is truth. Im not saying having bipolar is intentional, no more than I would blame one for having any illness. Sick or not, we do not exist in a vacuum. Others around us are affected by the choices we make. The idea that I have bipolar and I can't be responsible for my choices because of that is not only abusive to those around you, but abusive to one's self.
If a person is going to coexist with family, then there has to be certain boundries. Making people wonder all the time if a loved one is going to kill themselves is cruel.
This doenst mean the family doesnt love or that the ill person doesnt love. It just means that there has to be boundries and if the illness is bad enough that there is no way to ever relieve the threat of harm of suicide, then the ill person should be in the hospital long term. Very long term.
Even with bipolar, we have choices and we get to choose.
i agree about the family being shit scared, but i wouldn't call it "abuse" because being bipolar is not something that is done on purpose...
i, too, have been hospitalized numerous times, and yes - my family, too, has been thru the wringer w/me, but it's not been done on purpose...
What I said sounds harsh i know, but it is truth. Im not saying having bipolar is intentional, no more than I would blame one for having any illness. Sick or not, we do not exist in a vacuum. Others around us are affected by the choices we make. The idea that I have bipolar and I can't be responsible for my choices because of that is not only abusive to those around you, but abusive to one's self.
If a person is going to coexist with family, then there has to be certain boundries. Making people wonder all the time if a loved one is going to kill themselves is cruel.
This doenst mean the family doesnt love or that the ill person doesnt love. It just means that there has to be boundries and if the illness is bad enough that there is no way to ever relieve the threat of harm of suicide, then the ill person should be in the hospital long term. Very long term.
Even with bipolar, we have choices and we get to choose.
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