Hi, I'm just going to go by Shortie on this forum. I'm a new member. My question is not for myself, but for my mother.

Over the past four years, my mother has been becoming increasingly religious as well as increasingly emotional. She talks constantly of how God is thing over us so we must have a care for our actions both in front of others and in the privacy of our own home. Yet she really doesn't seem to "have a care" under any circumstances. She's loud, says exactly what she thinks, and calls anyone who disagrees with her "ignorant." She says that she should already be retired and that she does loads of work and her job is so harsh, yet she is a personal trainer with at most three sessions per day, four days per week. After work, she naps. Yet she is constantly stressed and also has horrible "road rage."

I would also like to share a specific situation. One day while my mother was out, she called my dad and asked him to defrost hotdogs. He did, and left them in a container with some hot water on the counter. My mom came home extremely happy and had bought a gift for me. As she set some stuff down on the counter, she tipped the hot dogs over and the bit of water spilled out, thus causing her to lash out angrily with a myriad of curses. I tried to calm her down and said "Mom, don't worry, it's just water, it isn't that difficult to clean up," and she responded by taking my present away and yelling at me not to lecture her.

She does things like this frequently. While it used to be every once in a while several years ago, as she's become more religious these outbursts have increased in frequency. Is this bipolar disorder? I obviously cannot suggest to her in her state that she needs to get a mental health diagnosis, so I am searching for help on this forum.

Someone, please answer?