Living with my sister and brother-in-law and my nephew who is cognitively challenged...yup, I guess that's what they call it these days.

I'm pretty stable right now, but if I have an episode, I would feel better knowing my nephew knew about my bipolar. Was told he has the mind of an 8 year old in a 20 year old body.

I was just really wondering about this because if I wasn't as stable, someone would have to explain it to him or just tell him to shut up (like they usually do when they don't want to bother explaining something to him). I really don't want that to happen.

I gave my sister a paper on bipolar for family and other people who support people with bipolar. I guess she went ahead and read the wrong thing because she said "I'm afraid that you will go into the kitchen and get a knife and come upstairs and threaten my family". Maybe she read something on psychopathy because what she said, wasn't one of the symtoms of bipolar.

I know they haven't explained it to him because he wanted to know why I take all the medicines I take. Wouldn't it be the responsibility of my sister and brother in law to have a talk with him?

Also, somehow, they have assumed that all my friends are bipolar and I don't know where they got that ideal. They also want to know WHY all my friends are bipolar (they are not). They can't understand why I would have a bipolar friend because "they are like, you know, blaah" (my sister's words and they hurt). They also want to know why bipolar is central to my life (I don't think it is and therefore can't understand the question).

My brother in law also says I should throw out all my meds. He is very controlling of everyone under his roof except for his wife who he treats well. Had I known him better, I wouldn't have moved in with them. This was to help me get a fresh start in life and yet, this is the 8th worst city in the US to start fresh.

I wanted to start my company and I don't understand why he can say that I can't start it because I live under his roof. I'm totally dependent upon him so for now, I will put it aside.

I've decided to file the 501(c)3 non-profit paperwork at night to start getting grant money to feed pets of the poor. I think I have a faster chance of getting out of here using my company, than to spend months sending out resumes.

I know this is a long rant, and if you are still reading this, bear with me. I know I covered a lot of different things.

Any support or suggestions or answers would help.