Thanks i needed this Actually gave me lots of hope! Now, thinking back i grew up in emotionally unstable family with my dad being incredibly unpredictable and mom being like "shh, that's how he is now, let's just wipe everything under the carpet..." (Omg we had kinda f*** flying carpet which anybody could see except us kids)

I think dad was bipolar like me but never had a decent treatment. (70's -80's there wasn't much i think)

I learned to be aware 24/7 not to piss him off. but the problem was that pissing him off didn't require a logical reason. Scratching his car could be like ok' it might happen to everyone. Leaving shoes wrong way on hallway might end up whole family's shoes thrown out of front door

I'm on my 40's. I should be over it. But that's still quite big part in my cocktail. Thank god i have meds to be able to not pass this to my kids. Or at least i hope i got meds early enough to do minor damage.

I love your post, made me think and gave lots of hope!