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I really do not think it matters how one describes oneself when it comes to having bipolar. Its sort of like having "ownership" over the illness to describe oneself how we see fit. You know how some ethnicity's will take ownership of derogatory terms and use them amongst themselves or to each other? I see it that way. I can talk about my BPII the way I want to if I am talking about myself. If I am talking about someone else with BP I default to "that person who has BP" Or "do you have/suffer from BP?)
It matters to me how I talk about it but I do not presume to know how others talk about it.
I agree that a non-suffering layman might say "you are so bipolar" or "you are bipolar" and I would take issue with it. The reason being is someone else does not get to take ownership over describing my illness.
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