Seeking SSDI on the basis of bipolar disorder is very different from seeking it due to back pain and impaired vision. But whatever your disability is, you have to convince the SSA that you can't hold a job. You don't have to claim that your employers hated you, or even dislike you. But you are claiming that you can't get the job done that you were hired to do. Furthermore you are claiming that moving to a different line of work is not a viable solution. The SSA has the right to ask, "Isn't there some kind of work you could do?" Your answer has to be, "No there isn't."

Some employers will even help an employee get SSDI by writing a letter saying that they believe you made a honest effort, but you were just not up to the demands of the job.

You don't have to cry, "Please take care of me." However, when you apply for SSDI, you are saying, "I can't support myself." You are saying that you can't fulfill the requirements of the job. You're either in too much pain, or you can't see what you're doing, or you are too exhausted or you are not emotionally keeping it together enough.

If you go to the SSA and say "I was a great employee who did wonderful work and my employer is thrilled to have me on the payroll," then the SSA is going to ask why you're even applying for disability.