I only know one person in real life who has bipolar, and he's a total asshole.

He *was* my friend until he shoved his girlfriend down a small set of stairs (3 steps) for fun. Then he went around stealing people's iPods and tried to resell them to other kids. After that, I wanted nothing to do with him.

This was back in high school, but I really don't feel like reconnecting with him.

I plan on going to a DBSA meeting someday to possibly make some new bipolar friends. I don't think they'd be assholes like him, but I also have a lot of anxiety about going to one of those meetings.