When I told my mom I was suicidal (because my therapist made me) her reaction was "No, you are NOT suicidal". It was not very helpful and made the 7 previous months of sheer hell prior to this seem invalid. We brought her in to a therapy visit and all that came out of it was how deep her denial is. My therapist said I don't have to involve her anymore in that part of my life.

I think it can be just too much for people who love us to comprehend. And they react forgetting that we have bipolar and aren't thinking the same way they are. In my mother's case it often comes across like she's treating me like a child or totally disregarding how sick I am; she'll do things like assign me household chores to be done that day. If I were well enough to do them I would already have done them.

You are going to have to stay strong and go into that appointment with feeling how cashart feels, not how her mom wants her to feel. It's not about her vacation or her life; it's about you and your need to be somewhere safe to heal and to get your meds working for you. Everything else will work itself out.

This is another reason to write down exactly what you need along with the note you have prepared, then you can't change what you are saying around to reflect what you were told to feel.

I'm sorry that happened. I hope that you can get through this weekend with only support and a feeling of empowerment about your decision.