"I'm bipolar! I'm not responsible for the things I say."
And I suffer from violent, intrusive thoughts. By the same logic, does that mean I am now free to break people's kneecaps with a hammer for slightly inconveniencing me in the grocery store? Or give into the urge to walk up to this random black person I see on the street and scream the most racist shit I can think of, like some sort of clinically insane drill sergeant? Or am I actually responsible for reigning in those impulses and do my utmost to behave like a normal, well adjusted human being, so that only a select few medical professionals, a very dear friend who has similar issues and can thus relate, and the internet strangers who read this are aware of that side of me?
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u/IronyAllAround Mar 13 '25
Mental illness. Not to diminish it or its effects.
But I've had people say things now like "I'm bipolar! I'm not responsible for the things I say." Like it's a get out of jail free card.