I agree, some things are just from life itself. Determining if it from circumstances or bipolar can sometimes be difficult. I tend to look at things more as circumstance, but sometimes I can look back and figure out what went wrong. I do hate the stigma other ppl put on me. If I'm upset or getting mad it is automatically because I'm bipolar. No ***hole, it is you who is causing me to feel this way. Or whatever is going on in my life at the time. Although I have found some circumstances are a trigger for me and I actively try not to be in those situations.