Knowledge is Power

Today's post is a combination of facts and excerpts from the following 2 sites.

Living With a Spouse Who Is Bilpolar: What to Expect

Bipolar Disorder Statistics: Understanding the Numbers | A Simplified Psychology Guide

First ~ 

https://psychology.tips/bipolar-disorder-statistics/

 According to recent studies, it is estimated that approximately 2.8% of adults in the United States have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder at some point in their lives. This translates to millions of individuals grappling with the challenges posed by this condition. Bipolar disorder can affect people from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender, or socioeconomic status.

Next ~ 

Living With a Spouse Who Is Bilpolar: What to Expect

It isn't easy being with someone who is BiPolar ~

Caring for Your Own Needs
You must also remember to take care of yourself:

Knowing When to Leave
Walking away from a marriage can be a difficult choice. It might feel like the time to leave if:

The relationship feels consistently unhealthy.
You are constantly taxed, burnt out, or unable to care for your own needs.
You feel unsafe.

Alternately, the partner with bipolar disorder may be the one to decide the relationship is not beneficial for their well-being anymore. Some signs might be:

They feel consistently judged or stigmatized by their partner.
They feel their spouse doesn’t support them.
The relationship feels unsafe (emotionally, physically, etc.).

When to Talk About Divorce
Sometimes a marriage doesn’t work, and partners exhaust options that might help them reconcile. In such cases, the partners may want to consider divorce as an option.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/living-with-a-bipolar-spouse-5205006

Image from ~ Bipolar Disorder Statistics: Understanding the Numbers | A Simplified Psychology Guide

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Mental Illness vs Being Crazy

 Many people struggle with being BiPolar1,

even more people struggle being around people

who are BiPolar1.

They are the one that makes you - feel crazy.

There are even a variety of 'bipolars'...

There are several types of bipolar disorder, 

1. Bipolar I disorder: characterized by episodes of extreme highs (mania) lasting more than 1 week.
2. Bipolar II disorder: involves depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes.
3. Cyclothymic disorder (cyclothymia): a chronically unstable mood state.
4. Other specified bipolar and related disorder.
5. Unspecified bipolar and related disorder.

There are quite a few mental disorders, I found an alphabetical list of disorders and there are a lot of them! Visit the list and see if you fit into any one of the descriptions. Some are mild, some severe, some unnoticeable, others obvious.

Relationships are impossible to have when one has a serious mental illness. Sadly, so many people go undiagnosed the 'home' is a war zone for the poor kids growing up around it. Divorces run high among such couples; some people get stuck in the relationship which turns into a situation that they can't get away from.

The 'normal' person will consider suicide because they see it as the only way out.

Mental illness and disabilities are real. For years so much was not known, so there were no answers on how or why. You were either normal or crazy. And everyone avoided the crazy. Even still nobody wants to talk about mental illnesses, and so many people are embarrassed to admit they have a mental disability. With such stigma solutions are few and far between. More often than not, the mentally ill end up being the homeless. In part because they have destroyed every family and friend relationship they had, and nobody wants to deal with them or their issues.

Mental health can be broken down into so many different illnesses, and often one is mistaken for another. Some mild some more severe. Many of us fall in between.

I have an anxiety disorder. It started when I was young. Turns out I inherited some of the problem from my mother. It only got worse through childhood and then being in an abusive marriage, that I managed to get out of. Unfortunately for me, it got even worse and started causing heart issues when I ended up with someone who was undiagnosed BiPolar1. I'm lucky to be alive, since the situation has put such a strain on my heart.

Children act out because they don't know how to tell you what they feel, because they themselves don't understand what it is that they are feeling. Doctors are being able to diagnose people much younger than in days past. Medications have been created to help bring a sense of 'normalcy' to one's brain, allowing them to function and 'live with' the disability.

Nobody should be made to feel 'crazy'. We need to stop the stigma and learn to understand 'mental illness' and 'mental disabilities'. The brain is a very unique thing and yet it's so fragile. People need to learn to talk about it. Stop being embarrassed about having an illness and start helping people understand the variety of illnesses and issues that are needing help.

I was once told if you feel crazy your probably normal,

crazy people don't know they are crazy!

But they will try to make you think - you're the crazy one.

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