I like that bipolar is shorter to write
BP, shorter yet. Now... if we shorten Manic-Depressive to MD, does that make us doctors?
But in actual answer to the question, I lean towards Manic-Depressive. Why? "Bipolar" gets tossed around in reference to anything that isn't one way all the time. Which is annoying. I think it would be less likely that people would misappropriate the term Manic-Depressive. Also, and maybe this is just a weird thought on my part, but thinking on the word bi-polar, it is two poles, right? (
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How far apart are those poles? Doesn't really say, does it? The earth's poles are not the only poles. A magnet has 2 poles, and if it is small, they are not that far apart are they? See where I'm going with this? In a sense, the misappropriation is right, even if ignorantly so.
"Manic-Depressive" though? Gives us a clue that those poles are not simply "2", but that they are in fact far apart and more extreme than your average bear experiences. Sure, someone would say they're "up", but would they say they were manic? Probably not so readily. (How many times have we all heard, "Everyone has their ups and downs." Well, NSS. Let's talk magnitude.)
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Originally Posted by dubblemonkey
...i also have trouble with the word 'borderline' in bpd...but I really don't know what else it can be called?...
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Hey, hey! I actually have an answer to this! Try this on:
Emotional Regulation Disorder (ERD)
There are actually a number of names that it is called in various places, but that's the one I heard someone talk about once, and it seemed a good one.
(The basis of where the origin of the term "borderline" is wildly outdated, and I think you guys deserve better.
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Oh! And I like your new avatar!