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If you have bipolar disorder, someone has said at least one of these things to you. If you know someone who has this illness, you may be guilty of saying one or more of them. You may have good intentions but not realize how these words can be received. Hearing them can be painful, infuriating, depressing—even destructive—to a bipolar family member, friend, co-worker, or acquaintance. Saying them is not going to be helpful.
You’re Just Overreacting Again
Overreacting is a symptom of bipolar disorder. Hearing harsh words that would be painful to anyone, you may well respond with extreme anger or dark depression. Even a sad movie can make a person with bipolar disorder overreact, and so can a lot of other things. But you’re not “just” overreacting, and it’s not as if you can always take a deep breath and stop it. Your illness can make that very hard.
Anything That Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
Yes, it’s true that some people go through hard experiences, learn from them, and come out of it stronger. But this phrase is wrong—bipolar disorder can kill. At least 20 percent of people with bipolar disorder attempt suicide.
You Are Psycho
Nuts, crazy, cuckoo, deranged, bonkers, or anyone of a dozen negative words and phrases are insensitive to people with diagnosable disorders. You might be used to throwing such phrases around to brand your friends’ behavior without realizing how they can be hurtful to someone who is coping with a disorder.
It Must Be Your Time of the Month
While it’s true that monthly hormonal changes may affect mood, passing off bipolar disorder as being nothing more than PMS is just wrong. Any woman is liable to take offense at this statement, let alone a woman with bipolar disorder.
But You Seem so Normal!
Maybe the person with bipolar disorder is between cycles, or maybe she is good at hiding what she’s feeling. She may be in a hypomanic episode and only the good things about it are visible at the moment.