So, I know we had threads like this in past..... but here is my personal take...................


"Your illness is lying to you."

This is awfully dismissive to person's feelings, however irrational they are (because emotions aren't always rational, but they have valid causes). And it basically dismisses the person as an human being capable of forming their viewpoint. Because... after all, in the end, it may be their illness lying to them.

Yes, we are more intense than average population, but in the end, it is us. As much as we sometimes get irrational... as much as we have cognitive distortions (everybody has. everybody)... it is worth to look at what causes these emotions... and often it is much more than whacked up brain chemistry.


"you are bipolar? OMG! That is so terrible! It must be awfully hard to not to be able to have normal life!"

and variants of over-the-top sympathy. I don't have leprosy and I am not gonna drop dead within five minutes... save your sympathy to those who need it. Is it hard? Is it sometimes effing painful? Hell, yes... but it is also hard to talk about. As much as some hate to hear it, I want to hear that I am doing well and that you couldn't tell... And as much as I sometimes need a breather... walking on eggshells around me is only gonna make it worse. I am an adult, a capable, intelligent human being.... and I want to be treated as such.


"You need a low stress lifestyle. You shouldn't do this and that and that one thing? No-no. Healthy people can do it, but you are sick"

Just imagining low stress lifestyle scares me, because I would probably die of boredom (or die doing something risky and stupid just to feel some excitement). I know, i know, the wise book say I should sleep regularly and travelling is bad, drinking is bad... and travelling to places where you drink a lot and sleep little is uberbad... But some things are just me.

In "We" a dystopic novel, unhealthy lifestyle was strictly verbotten. It was a dystopic society.... and we don't want to go there. Sometimes the risks are worth it. Quality and intensity over quantity. I do not want to be stable for a sake of being stable and avoiding things that could possibly make me unstable.


"trust your doctor, you lack insight"

Humans should never ever be asked to hand over decision about their lifes. As I said... we have moments of irrationality, but that can be dealt with. We can learn to live with it and know ourselves.

One knows themself the best... you don't need a degree to know yourself... you live with yourself. Observe and learn. Trust yourself.



(will add more later)