Things people say that make me angry

There are so many. But particularly growl-inducing have been:

I've gotten waved off with the "oh, everybody's bipolar" one too (I'm starting to wonder if that's the most frequent one(!)). It kind of hurt more than if it was a random person, because this person was the only "best friend" I'd had in 25 years, plus we'd bonded over art, theatre stage design, and making awesome things out of crap -- we were both wildly creative. He'd seen me jump up and squeal with clearly excessive delight over having every single one of the random bizarre items we'd need for our projects. And run down the street to get them. Over an over and over. Surely he'd worked with others like this(!) I thought it would be a relief to tell someone I actually felt confident would understand. Nope.

Another had a schizophrenic brother whom I got along with in complete comfort and it seemed mutual (as much as he was able) and most certainly in comparison to others. Especially in social situations as a safe person to talk and hang out with. Plus, the "normal" and I had talked about psychiatric nurse practitioners, FFS. This seems like a no-brainer, yeah? His response? "You can't be bipolar. I've never seen you suicidal."(!!!) WTF? A) I isolate big time. B) I'm a silent and never talk about it, or act out, no matter how bad. So, in fact he had. MANY times. He just didn't know it. C) Even if I was one to talk, he was a neighbor and.. essentially, drinking buddy. How many serious deep conversations had we had that he would think I'd go into something that serious?
(Btw, I rarely drink at all anymore. Even then it was more for the semblance of a social life than drinking. Sad, I know.)

Oh, and another (will skip context). Oh no. Now I will have to worry about you!" It made me angry because it implied I had suddenly become a burden. But fear not, it was just lip service. And to seal the deal, about a year later emailed (w/ cc's) something that made me look "crazy".

And the ever-popular: "I always knew you were crazy!"

I absolutely hate when people tell me to "just be happy".

Gotta say the nurse telling me that she'd take me to church and this would all go away.

OMG, Kitty. Priceless.
Where is this church that can make all this go away? Sign me up.

Kitty - take me too

It's interesting that a nurse of all people would say that. But then, I've had a psychiatrist tell me that the only reason I was depressed was because I didn't have a job or a driver's license.

wow, a job and a license and the depression will just fly away...gosh golly, that's the cure???

what an unenlightened thing to say

I have a driver's license (no car) but I'm on disability as I can't work. So then I should only be 1/2 depressed? Last year I had a car and a license and a job. The reason I'm on disability now is because I got depressed while working and driving (and BP in general). There goes your pdoc's theory.

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One long distance friend from high school years a gazillion years ago, texted me that I just really needed to go volunteer to work at a soup kitchen and as well a charity thrift store ... knowing full well that I am in an isolated rural area, with no car, no public transportation.
Now there's a novel "fix . I simply did not reply and I've not heard from her since.
We knew one another since 1963 for goodness sake. Sad.

or how about: "There are other people in the world worst off than you!" (Like you're being ungrateful or selfish for feeling depressed.

How about

the does not centre on you

D'uh - you don't think I know that???

I know this has been mentioned before but I met someone this past weekend and told him I was bipolar. He said, "Just think positive."

"You'll feel better now that it's getting warm. "
Nah. Here doesn't get warm. For real.

I just found out today. Never say to someone who says they are stable that they are actually not stable. Not a good idea.

I can't be friends with someone who has a mental problem

tbh, I feel much less depress now when i am working, albeit part time than being a statistic of unemployed youth of Europe.

I hate the "don't watch the news, it is depressing" crap though. Been getting that lately from some. Yeah, all I need to is to ignore plight of my brethen and thing will be fine.

"You don't need medication! You just need better nutrition and it'll all go away" mhmm... A salad a day keeps the bipolars away. Right...

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After explaining that my moods are very unstable right now, I'm told;

"you just need to go out and start working again, you're just lazy".

"You need to work on your attitude."

Yeah, let's trade brains and see if you can control your attitude with my bipolar brain! I'd like to see that.

My sister tells me that my problems with mi will disappear if I practice the principals of alcoholics anonymous! Yes I'm an alcoholic but I'm very much bp with bpd anxiety and depression. I can't stand it! My mi is truly chemical and if the aa mtgs and book would take it away I'd do it in a heartbeat. But it doesn't.

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"I know what you mean"....after trying to explain in dumb layman's terms how your feeling and they think its just a bit of depression or feeling high..... aaarrrggghhh.. ..they've got absolutely no idea. I often just say "I'm fine" just so I don't have to explain. Then tjeyll say "you'll feel better once you...." like I've got no idea how to handle this monkey ive co existed with for the last 14 years!

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I told my wife last night that I felt I was going into a depressive mood and she told me I just need to get out and do stuff.

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On the flip side: I hate it when I'm feeling OK and somebody tries to create a mental health crisis that doesn't exist so they can "save" me. The other night my sister messaged me and said "I know you're depressed, your blog posts are so 'dark', I know this is not your normal." HUH??!! I was just fine until she did that, now I'm pissed because I know she's trying to manipulate me. There must not be enough drama in her life so she wants to create some in mine. I'm not thrilled with life right now because I'm unemployed and flat broke---it's situational, and I know the difference between that and a mood episode. She doesn't realize that not everything is about the bipolar. Yet she's the first to accuse me of using my illness to avoid taking responsibility for something I say or do that she doesn't like. Sheesh, I can't win either way with her.

I have a person in my life that every time I tell him "I need some space I'm not coping, " he harks back to this person he knew 25 years ago who was on lithium and I am just like him and he understands completely. ....like "yeah right"....if you understand how come you don't just say "ok" rather than irritate the living goodness out of me, comparing my situation to someone totally different on different meds! Rant rant rant!!!!!!!

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I hear you! NO ONE but other bipolar people can possibly understand what we go through with this illness. I refuse to let anyone who doesn't have it tell me they "know how I feel". I tell them No, you don't know how I feel, you can't know how I feel, you will NEVER know how I feel because you don't live with this thing. And then I tell them how I feel.