Ways to Support Someone With Bipolar Disorder

People with Bipolar Disorder often experience ‘mood episodes,' which are changes in mood, behaviors, and daily functioning. If you know someone living with Bipolar Disorder, here are some ways you can support them.

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[wolfrig]

It is very difficult to deal with, my Wife has extreme mood swings due to her bipolar and it feels like she doesn't care most of the time, it gets me down and makes me struggle with her mental illness, especially since she won't seek help and won't listen to me. She's also pregnant so that's even more tough, because it's affecting our child and it just feels like she's being immature and irresponsible and I feel I can't do anything about it.

[PsychoWithHouseUphill]

I have bipolar myself, and I am completely disgusted in the awful things I say to people. If you know someone who has bipolar, know that it’s not acceptable for them to treat you badly, but know that that doesn’t mean they don’t care about you.

[doc_xy]

Thanks for raising awareness about mental health

[Nobody-xnpv]

My friend is bipolar and she’s been hurting my feelings constantly and it almost feels like she’s playing with my feelinds

[salazarluisanny]

My brother have it for years mom and dad trying to help he doing good but then he go down so far of control😢 and he is so sweet, then it turn a monster, we don’t now how more we can help him

[antoinelaurin]

Very informative, important and stress releasing for those who are currently helping someone with this type of disorder. Thank you (:

[Herecomes_arias]

I was told by my husband's mother that he is bipolar. He has told me he has ADHD but bipolar is what I believe he has because of his hurtful words and the things he makes up about...I couldn't even paint my own image of me to him. How can someone live every day in their mind and not want to get help.

[iourichallenge]

I’m bipolar and the best thing you could do if we start to argue is simple, you just Say oh you want to scream ? Im not commig down on your Level, talk when you Feel beter

[Chic]

just got left by my girlfriend of a year in a half because of her bipolar she has nothing in her soul so heartless i’m lost in life now

[WildKatVixon]

They are incredibly hurtful. I’m trying to deal with the death of both of my parents, who are young, I’m trying to manage an entire house, a business, completely on my own and meet me. His swings have been affecting our nine-year-old daughter too. I’ve also expressed that she is showing signs in childhood bipolar disorder, and if she needs to take this dream, it would be beneficial for her if he takes it with her because he can understand in a way that I Cannot. I can only be so supportive. I am in therapy, her daughter starts her therapy again on Monday. But I really don’t know how much longer I can take this. He went through a two-year manic state already, but nearly killed me, and that was right before my father passed away and then four months later I lost my mom. how much can one person take. I love him with all my heart, but I need him to seek professional help. I am not a professional. And I told him I will be supportive, but I will not enable the bad behavior.

[catsandstarsgalaxy]

My boyfriend has Bipolarity and OCD, maybe a type of schizophrenia? He has a few good days and everything is wonderful, but then he has his bad days and he has angry outburts out of nowhere! He claims the most irrational things, like I'm cheating on him with some spirits in the astral plane- like are you serious??- and he really believes it! He can go on for hours calling me horrible names and even using things from my childhood to make fun of me and say even more hurtful things. His mom and grandma tell me I have to be patient and that I should just be supportive, but what about me? Is like he knows exactly what to say to just demolish my self-confidence and all my energy is depleted. Then a few hours after mental torture, he then apologizes, says he feels terrible and wants me to just act as nothing happens after he's been yelling to the top of his lungs all this horrible things and all I can do is close my eyes and cry. Then if I want to call it quits I'm unsupportive and selfish. Then I suggest therapy, meditation, couples therapy, and after the arguments is always a yes yes I'll do anything, I'll go, I don't want to lose you, but then when i actually make the appointments, I can't make him go, and the cycle starts all over again. I'm getting internally broken every passing day and I can't do anything about it to help him. I want to start helping me but without being accused of being non supportive or understanding. I'm a person too 😢.

[coleygyaluv]

My mother has bipolar and she can be so difficult sometimes. Especially when planning things she overcomplicates everything to the tiniest detail. And she cancels a lot due to it. I know it’s her mental illness it’s just hard. I feel like I can’t always be my true self around her.

[viveknamdev]

How can we support them mentally when the person with bipolar always refuse that he/she is suffering from mental never admit it

[OtesterSelisho]

I have bipolar. I really don't know what to do 😔😭

[Jettypilelegs]

But what if you do all this all the time and have been on a huge, long journey with them through addiction recovery, pre-diagnosis manic/depressive/suicidal episodes, then diagnosis, and then they reject any treatment after one week of being on meds? Then they have a deep low and insanely high cycle and expect you to be there for them? I’m exhausted.

[marktheunitedstatescitezen]

By doing this, I’ve been doing this for more than 21 years my mother has bipolar with episodes of schizophrenia that’s not full-blown schizophrenia just little episodes and the evil she works against me her youngest son now 54 years old and I’m her legal guardian and she’s continually trying to turn me in for elder abuse trying to get a restraining order against my wife who is also her legal guardian that the judge threw out and she just caught Old Colony trying to do it again there are police reports in my favor because there is no elder abuse on my behalf it’s just Elder abuse on my wife by my mother !

[TheSiervofiel]

Being family of a person with bipolar disorder is hard and life consuming and honestly they’re usually so abusive. No one wants to live that way.

[InAbundanceWithAubrey-bvrh]

I have a loved one who I believe is bi-polar. It’s been challenging in our relationship. I’m doing the best I can to be supportive but, they make stupid decisions & have high’s & lows.

[reginejones]

The crazy thing about medicine in my opinion is there could be a bunch of diseases or disorders with the same symptoms it definitely can be confusing to figure out which is which. Think therapy should be a mandatory thing. Alot of us are carrying issues and we dont know how to deal. Smh this was literally me all my life. And I knew something was wrong with me. It took me discovering adhd for me to go to Therapy. And now I show signs of bipolar and may not even be adhd at all. So its just crazy to me how symptoms could be a lot of different things

[motherhoodsbeauty]

I don’t have Bipolar and sometimes I get mad for no reason. It sucks