I’m hoping to write a book soon about bipolar disorder. What’s something you wish someone else understood about it? What’s something you want your children to understand about it?
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How the person is just not THERE. When my mum is manic it’s like grieving simply because the person she usually is, is nowhere to be found and you can never be certain that they will come back to you. And how painful it can be, how much people can hurt you and the cognitive dissonance of having to set boundaries but also not wanting to hurt someone who is very sick and needs people to help and wait for them.