Things people say that make me angry

If I hear "snap out of iy" one more time, I will explode...well okay..not really explode... but get angry and ...be cranky... and stomp my feet...

How about "grow a pair, suck it up, don't be so self centered, deal with it, you make your own problems, you blow things way out of proportion, welcome to adulthood" and my absolute favorite .... "that's not as bad as my problem"

It's what people don't say that makes me the angriest.

When people tell me to put my trust in God and I will be truly healed, I get extremely irritated. I've tried it before and guess what???? I'm still bipolar.

Omgggg so last summer I had a horrible time a horrible mixed episode with a touch of psychosis for added fun. It culminated in my husband making me drive home on speakerphone and get my mom to drive me to the crisis center - if I hung up he would call the cops. So in the midst of this my mom agrees to take me to the ER, I tell her I feel like someone is taking over my brain, her mind clicks OH must be SATAN. Before she takes me to the ER she takes me to her church to see her psycho pastor (bought a new motorcycle because god told him to) and he promises me if I jut accept Jesus into my heart the devil will be vanquished and I won't need meds or the hospital. He said Jesus was standing right next to me, and the devil was too.

Needless to say I declined. I went to hospital and got medication.

By the way I was very religious at one point in my life but I still had problems so I think my mom's "it's the devil!" Theory is a little outdated.

Also totally off topic but I am 27 years old and can't watch/read Harry potter because according to her the devil travels through Harry potter and every time I was hospitized I was reading Harry potter right before. Which is unequivocally untrue.

"Everyone is a little bipolar"

No. They do not understand what true bipolar is. Having mood swings is just one aspect of it, not even the most important IMO. Does everyone go through endless months of no energy and depression? Do their life 'highs' get so out of control they need to be sedated or hospitalised? If the mood disruption is not effecting or interrupting the life, then diagnosis is silly and unnecessary. It seems anyone in the US can get a diagnosis if they want to, then brag about how they treat or cure their "bipolar" which is completely different to those who actually suffer with it.

Yesterday I posted to another area that I was considering taking my life. (I was in a very bad place.) A replyer answered that if I were just "considering it," then I wasn't serious. Really?

"Think positive and your depression/anxiety/bipolar/MI will disappear".
When I see something like this I really see red.

I usually ignore this kind of **** but I have to say when people tell me to "choose" happiness I get really irritated. Happiness is an emotion, not a permanent state of being.

I saw that...it sounded mean/blunt/uncaring but I don't think it was meant that way. Some peoples gut reaction is to say something sarcastic. Hope you feel better though, I'm in the same place.

Worst thing I've ever been told (that I remember) was, "Buck up! I was the same as you when I was your age except I snapped out of it!"

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My favorite is "what have you got to be depressed about"

"Bipolar isn't split personality." (I never said it was!)

"One time when I was working at the ----------- State Hospital, we had a patient who was bipolar and she was demon possessed and we had to tie her down with restraints."

"Oh, everybody goes through that."

"I cry too, ya know."

"We all got issues, hon."

"Did they tell you why you had it (bipolar)?"

"Did it ever occur to them that maybe you were just going through menopause?"

"If you just read your Bible more, you'd find peace and be happy inside."

I've got another good one
It's not depression, it is just self pity

One of my peeves is "you just WANT to fight, don't you? " Ah, no, but we're GOING TO if you don't get the hell outta my face!!
Or how about "you just need to get outside, go for a walk or something." WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT PEER!
I hate it when people give a Simple answer to a Complex problem! Like it is SO EASY and I'm just not intelligent enough to figure it out!

"The doctor told me that my son was bipolar, and I told him, 'No, he's not! He's just an idiot!' "

One of my favorites, "Ya know, my friend who's just a druggie, and just wants to do her own thing and not work--so she went in to the social security office and said, 'I'm dee--preeessssed' and so now she's on disability for nothing-just 'cuz she wants to go party! Well, maybe it's different with you." (like seriously? How long have we known each other and you still don't know that I'm not using?!?!?)

'can you act normal in front of ......... They dont like the way you are' this one constitutes being soaked with the garden hose lol

I got a new one from today: "I think you're creating your moods consuming caffeine. The moods don't exist". My psychologist said it. If so, why did my moods change during a long period of not consuming caffeine at all?

"Use the power of your mind. It can solve everything."

My husband used to be bad about telling me "but you have no REASON to be mad/sad/tired/irritable/have insomnia/etc. Just be happy!" Omg if it was that ****ing easy don't you think I would have done it by now?! That was before I was dx, he doesn't say that now lol.

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"Your just going to go back to your drug dealer (pdoc) and dope yourself up more"

" your kids on drugs because you can't even stand him"

From my Dad: there is no such thing as ptsd because during past wars it was not an issue ( btw he was in the army)
On childhood ptsd - who the heck remembers what happened when they were 4?? I sure don't.
On my rehab consoler buying me pot and wine then seducing me when I had 8 mo sober. He said - well no one put a gun to her head.

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"Are you off your medications?", when their actions elicits a response from me that they do not like.

You're lucky, mine still does! He is driven MAD if there's no reason for the depression. He can't accept that there is no trigger sometimes. And then he invalidates me and says if I don't have a reason it must not be real. Main reason I never inform him of moods!

I imagine myself punching these people in the face...throwing them down stairs. Occasionally I tell them off. But in the end, more people pop up with equally stupid comments. It's a never ending battle.