BP can leave scars that meds, exercise and mindful meditation won't fix. People tend to experience a lot of hurt before they are diagnosed and after it can be overwhelming accepting the diagnosis. Sure you can manage it, but it isn't going to make the underlying hurt go away until you manage to get to the source. Mood stability may be fixed, but it doesn't fix the hurt that BP causes. It's hard to stay on the 'plan' of stability when you have a hard time dealing with life in general. It's easy to be discouraged.

I agree with the others too. I think theres a lot of reason people have problems managing it.