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Originally Posted by Miss Laura
I understand what you are all saying guys, but if there is a God..... I'm questioning this..... how can i be 'the chosen one' in my family. No-one in my family has a mental illness let alone bipolar. Is this why he has punished me cause of all the upset I caused when I was a teenager btw I wasn't a yob or anything i was an angry teenager but shhhhh don't tell my family  lol! |
Miss Laura, I personally do not think God is punishing you. I think you just happened to get bipolar disorder. I do lean on the scientific end of this regarding that. "Stuff happens!" (using a better word than the usual phrase). Accidents are accidents. How something affects us can be a mystery. Maybe somewhere way back in your family tree, there was a gene for bipolar disorder. My thoughts are that you just had the bad luck of either inheriting such a gene, or having it activated/triggered by something. It's possible an ancestor had the disorder but nobody in the family ever talked about it. You know that stigma was even worse way back then. It's still way too prevalent.
The brain is still a real mystery in many ways, even for experts.
From the limited amount I know of you, you are a lovely person. I can't imagine you did anything horrible enough that a God would punish you. Also, think of all of the really dangerous, sinful types that never have any negative ramifications for their behavior. One would think they would develop some horrible illness, but they often don't.