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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
My brother claims he was diagnosed as bipolar as well, and he may very well may have been. But I think he largely used that as an excuse.
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This is the weird thing. If my aunt even claimed to be diagnosed as bipolar (and subsequently asked for help with it), I would have a great deal more sympathy for her. But as it is, nobody knows if she is truly bipolar, or it's just her personality that makes her that way. If she can't help it, but is willing to ask for help (or just admits that she might have a problem), I can tolerate that. If she CAN help it and continues to blame all of her ills on us, then that is a choice and I have no desire to put up with that. Several of us have tried to ask if she would see a doctor (including my mother, her own sister who struggles with anxiety disorder and is medicated for it--so she wouldn't be the first in the family to admit mental health issues), but she refuses very heatedly and asserts that there's nothing wrong with her... the problem is always ours, in her mind. It really leaves us very little choice in how to treat her, as I see it.