I don't think they're in denial about me having bipolar though. We had a family meeting in the hospital where a therapist talked to them and explained the situation. My mom got really upset. Kept on asking where I could have got it from, maybe it was my diet (I was still a vegetarian at that time), maybe I just wasn't taking enough vitamins. Eventually I got mad and shouted WHY DOES IT MATTER WHERE I GOT IT FROM. I HAVE IT!

(I was still a little manic and raging and agitated.)

Or maybe they could still be in denial.

The other night my dad told me that depression is those who live in the past.

Which I can see in a situational depression, but not in a bp depression.