I'm from the Depression part of this community and I have a question about a co-worker. She says that she has bi-polar and is in a manic stage.
She is bossy and seems to think she runs the store. I've now heard some claims that she has expressed some offensive opinions to some of my co-workers. She told one that she doesn't believe in inter-racial relationships. This co-worker is inter-racial and was offended by this remark. Another co-worker is in an inter-racial relationship and was bothered by the remark. The co-worker with bi-polar has always been nice to me except that she is incredibly bossy which really annoys me because of my lack of self-esteem. My manager has tried to speak with her and she doesn't seem to listen according to one of the supervisor who needs to learn how to keep her mouth shut. I wish she had never told me this stuff. Then, I wouldn't have got bothered as much when my co-workers started complaining about this. I told my co-workers that this is inappropriate behavior and that this particular co-worker has issues. This co-worker has always been very upfront about her bi-polar. Is this behavior a part of bi-polar? I rather like this co-worker because she understands my odd crying/sleeping problem better than the other co-workers do. I know that she treats her bi-polar in her own way without prescription medication. Is this a good idea? I haven't ever questioned her on it because I am just a co-worker and she has lived with this ever since childhood. So I suspect she knows what works for her.
Any responses will be appreciated.