I have a close family member and she has a lot of problems. I always figured she had depression with a couple of personality disorders, but she denies that they are the most likely causes. She has severe anger issues and is easily triggered by almost everything which is why I never see her. She has a history of fighting other teenagers. What bothers me is that she blames her outbursts of anger for being bipolar. She isn't even diagnosed with having any kind of bipolar and I was telling her that people with bipolar disorder don't get angry all the time and over emotional, but she said I was wrong. I have never seen her manic and she is known to have depression. She self medicates and says that she will never take medications since it affects her drinking. She is also very narcissistic by viewing everybody wrong and seeing herself as a great person. What does this sound like to you? It sounds like bpd when it comes to the short fuse of horrible anger.

I really don't like her using her explosive anger as a excuse as being bipolar because this makes me look bad in my family. I don't want my family members to assume that people with bipolar disorder as always angry and over emotional.