I had to find this thread to post what I just learned. I saw my pdoc last week and I was talking about my past manic spending. She said she had a bipolar patient who went manic while her husband was traveling on business. She gave away everything in their home to people she knew. He literally came back to an empty house. My pdoc said people can be so cruel. The husband contacted the people with their belongings and explained that his wife wasn't in her right mind at the time. They didn't want to relinquish the items in almost every case.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

Erma Bombeck