I have in the past been completely alone in my pain. The only people that truly understand bipolar are those with bipolar. I'm grateful to have a few friends that are also bipolar and it seems the more I gravitate to people, the more people I meet that are also bipolar. Weird? Interesting? Dunno. I do open up to others, even in my deepest darkness, because either they'll run away or stay, and that shows me whom I know can be trusted.