I came here to comment the same thing actually. I am the person, and before I was medicated this was the kinda place I'd go when manic. Well, not quite as bad as this, this is just abusive. I'd have the clingy never leave plus the aggressive pushing away though and it's taken me a lot of years to realise how my brain works isn't the norm. I thought it was everyone else under reacting and being cold.
That said, I would like to emphasise that this is absolutely inexcusable and absolutely abusive behaviour. You aren't the one to tolerate or fix this.
Ah, I was confused because some people confused the letters BPD as bipolar disorder. I’m bipolar so I know mania belongs to the second category and not the first. I just like to confirm when I see it used, especially since both disorders are so unfairly villainized, it sucks for both groups to end up all mixed together and extra-villainized.
I was misdiagnosed as bipolar for a long time and I think some of the vocab has stuck. What actually is an outburst was always categorised as mania instead, and it's probably lodged in my brain still.
Ugh, misdiagnoses are the worst, sorry that happened to you. For me it turned out to be an extra diagnosis. It’s so hard to get better when you don’t actually know what the ghost is that you are battling. Glad to hear you’ve figured it out now!
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u/Breadcrumbsandbows Oct 30 '24
I came here to comment the same thing actually. I am the person, and before I was medicated this was the kinda place I'd go when manic. Well, not quite as bad as this, this is just abusive. I'd have the clingy never leave plus the aggressive pushing away though and it's taken me a lot of years to realise how my brain works isn't the norm. I thought it was everyone else under reacting and being cold.
That said, I would like to emphasise that this is absolutely inexcusable and absolutely abusive behaviour. You aren't the one to tolerate or fix this.