I think this can be a thing for our partners to navigate. Watching someone go through episodes, if they do not have an MI themselves (or even if they do!) can't be all that nice an experience. Education is key but there's still the factor called emotions and yes a whole bunch inbetween. Perhaps the aftermath of mania and some dumb things I've done whilst manic were key in alot of the mess that's going on in my life at the moment.