I was expressing profound frustration at being on the receiving end of the "people with bipolar disorder are violent" trope. Couple that with the ease at which violence is justified by people and the stigma grows. If we don't uncouple the stereotype of violence from bipolar disorder we will never make progress in having our disease treated fairly. People lose jobs, spouses, children, friends in large part because this coupling of anger and violence with bipolar disorder. It's a real problem.

If I came across as harsh, I'm sorry. understand that it is passion to fix what's harming all of us. Ultimately, the answers are in our hands.