3. Bipolar is not a “socially acceptable” mental illness

Bipolar is not a “socially acceptable” mental illness

This is kind of what I was getting at. Like so many people I know claim to have ADHD and say things like “oh I’m so forgetful, that’s my ADHD brain hehe”. Or they have ADHD in their Twitter bio and get like quirky points/sympathy points? Imagine if I put bipolar in my bio? People would run for the hills. I told my family about my diagnosis and they were like “yea that tracks”. But I haven’t told my friends because I’m afraid they would be sympathetic to my face and then slowly ghost me. It’s just a minor gripe that I have that we can’t talk about it. Just one more tiny unfair thing about this disorder. Not the worst thing at all in the grand scheme. It’s fine.

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