Families are such fun, aren't they? I guess she could have phrased it a lot worse, tho. My family tends to use the older, more derogatory, words for mental illness, so I think you are getting off easy with Bipolar being just your "thing". Still, the automatic assumption that it's your thing, is frustrating. Why can't we get the benefit of the doubt? Just because we're MI doesn't mean the rest of our bodies are in perfect shape! A suggestion to avoid this in the future: "I'm in the physical hospital."