Honestly, I identified so little with bradley cooper's character that I wondered if he even had bipolar. But I know every person is different, it just happens that my brand of bipolar is different from his I guess. I don't really get all the angry like he does. I lose control in other ways.
I didn't like the portrayal of his therapist, either. I know there's lots of different approaches to therapy but if my therapist ever intentionally triggered me like that, I would immediately walk out and never come back. That is not okay.