I'm very sorry for what you've been through (I've been there myself, although when i defended myself he got worse than a bloody nose) but I have to add that I take offense to you assuming she has bipolar.

I was the one who was choked unconscious, I got the blue eyes and bruised ribs, yet I was the crazy bipolar in that relationship...


If your assumption is based on factors independent of her violence, well then maybe you're on to something, if not, bipolar and violence aren't automatic bedfellows...

Either way, only a pdoc can diagnose her and there's no excuse for abuse, not even bipolar.


Best to be smart about this and head for the hills.