What confuses - and angers - me is that most people who either don't have a mental illness or aren't in treatment for the MI they do have is that they believe they have to fix my bipolar disorder - which involves pushing their agenda on me. I look at them and usually don't see that their philosophy is working very well for them. So why tell others to do the same thing?
Just listening without judgment would be gold. That's why I've become extremely selective about who I confide in. First off, if the person is not, or never has been, in consistent psych treatment that person is not someone I believe has advice to offer to me.
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