Hi everyone!

I am having a bit of rough time at work and strange thoughts started entering my (otherwise sane) head.

Don't you agree that a lot of people who do not qualify for an official diagnosis exhibit bipolar or/and schizo traits? Some times very obviously? But why don't they get labeled? Because they can get away with it!

Sometimes I think that if I were making good buck when I hit my manic episode I would never get a label. I was very efficient and productive even at my worst. But I just moved and were not stably employed when the **** hit the fan, so everyone got concerned.

On the contrary, if I were to go manic now, when things are very stable and I have a job and have been in the same country for 5 years, I would most likely get away with it.

Does anyone agree? I think the difference between sick and eccentric is not as much in the intensity of the suffering as in the presentation of such. And the presentation greatly depends on the circumstances.