When I was growing up, I earned a reputation for having a hot head. My dad used to look at me and say I was so angry he could fry an egg on the top of my head. So when bipolar disorder decided to set up shop in my home, we had a formula for disaster – my wife’s mania made her wicked, and my first instinct was to fight back. The result was the equivalent of a tropical storm quickly transforming into a Category 5 hurricane with plenty of energy to keep it raging for weeks on end.
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First off, I want to say that I loved the book. I was diagnosed in march of 2008 and have been trying to figure out what happened in my life. As I have learned more and more about this disease (Bipolar 2 in my case) I have grown a great passion to show people that they need to look past the symptoms and see the person.
There is no question that it is hard to live with, understand, or have any empathy when mania or severe depression set in. So, I love your suggestions above. I can only imagine what my friends and family have had to live through for the past 22 years.
Again the key is: Look past the symptoms to see the person
lori
1:34 pm on
January 22nd, 2009I have learned the hard way not to argue. My son gets very angry when he manic verbally abusive and mentally abusive he says mean hurtful things I read enough to know it’s the illness so I don’t take it to heart. i let him vent or whatever you want to call it. Then I say 3 little words, and walk away or hung up the phone or dont message him . I LOVE YOU. I just wonder some times if its bp or a brain injury. He had a motorcycle accident about 4 months before being diagnosed. Doing almost 90 broken thumb and roadrash. So they said . Wouldn’t do xray mri or catscan @ hospital. His whole personality changed after tha accident . my brother also changed dramatically after a motorcycle accident. It just got me wondering how many people withmentally illness have had a some kind of head injuries i have read that some brain injuries act just like bp. thanks for lisrening and if anyone knows of antstudys that were done on head injurys having anything to do with mental illness i would love to read them thanks again .god bless
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