Message from @MySatellite
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there's plenty of misinformation around other mental disorders that are diagnosed, like bipolar or OCD, but I am okay with using those terms because the misinformation doesn't suggest that the person with them is violent, whereas popular ideas of both sociopaths and psychopaths are people who are so monstrous they can be considered nonhuman
My issue with it is more along the lines of blurring definitions.
@anja TM its a bit of you cant have a sociopath/psycho without the traits of those mental disorders, and the line of which causes which is blurred
because alot of people with bipolar are going to be unstable, and unstable tends to mean some sort of violence erupting from it whether direct or not
what?
being bipolar doesn't mean you tend to be violent or cause violence
i am not sure what you're saying
He's saying instability is associated with violence, so people think bipolar people are violent because they're unstable.
i concur
from all my experience bipolar=manic depression, and instability and outbursts are more prone,without those it should be a different form of depression
personally i was exposed to extremes tho in a mental hospital, and the most unstable and violent patients were the ones with bipolar
and alot of the times bipolar was treated the same way as people with unstable rage outbursts, and thats just the nature of manic depression, the desensitization of depression and the instability of mania
bipolar II exists
don't equate bipolar to violence tho
bipolar II is depression and hypomania
bipolar 2...
and mania in bipolar I can be expressed in many different forms. some of them are increased irritation or aggression, others are very high energy and feeling good
also if you're in a mental hospital it's probably not a good place to get a read on the average person with a disorder
yeah
but really
not some wierd name for higher levels of instability
i don't even know why we're talking about this because this isn't relevant to any of the points I was trying to make
unstable - yes, if it's not being treated. violent - no, not a helpful generalization to make
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well alot of the patients just go in for a week to test out a new medication to make sure they are safe
well im not saying its inherintly violent
but violent outbursts would be something that seperate it form generic depression
manic depression, highs and lows
outbursts are kinda different tho
depressed people can have outbursts
bipolar is marked more by week + long periods of mood changes
violent outbursts aren't something that make it separate from depression bc you can be depressed & have violent outbursts
well its gonna be more common in bipolar
imo instability of some level is the mark of bipolar
its not an opinion piece
but ok
well if they can both be marked by outbursts of some sort than whats the difference?
the lines shouldnt be that blurred
long periods of mania and depression, or hypomania and depression
these periods are marked by big changes in mood, energy levels, and activity levels, and last from 4 days to months