"Bipolar" itself is a dodge. It used to be called "Manic-Depressive," and it was shit even then.
The pathologization of human emotion is fucking ridiculous, and I am so fucking tired of it. Happiness and sadness are now illnesses, and nobody has any agency over the things they do. There are no crimes, only "mental illness" and seriously screw all of this stupid shit.
It's a real condition, with its own pathology. "Manic-Depressive" was a descriptive name.
Depression goes beyond just sadness.
Mania goes beyond just happiness.
It's not just the 'happy-sads,' as you put it in another post. It's the brain literally burning itself out feeling emotions too intensely-- which is an honest-to-god pathology. You don't treat it and dampen your emotions, and the mood swings get worse and more intense over time, leaving you a gibbering lunatic or a lump of useless melancholy.
It's a mercy you aren't familiar enough with the disorder to know what the hell you're talking about.
"Bipolar" itself is a dodge. It used to be called "Manic-Depressive," and it was shit even then.
The pathologization of human emotion is fucking ridiculous, and I am so fucking tired of it. Happiness and sadness are now illnesses, and nobody has any agency over the things they do. There are no crimes, only "mental illness" and seriously screw all of this stupid shit.
It's a real condition, with its own pathology. "Manic-Depressive" was a descriptive name.
Depression goes beyond just sadness.
Mania goes beyond just happiness.
It's not just the 'happy-sads,' as you put it in another post. It's the brain literally burning itself out feeling emotions too intensely-- which is an honest-to-god pathology. You don't treat it and dampen your emotions, and the mood swings get worse and more intense over time, leaving you a gibbering lunatic or a lump of useless melancholy.
It's a mercy you aren't familiar enough with the disorder to know what the hell you're talking about.
U mad?
He replied again. Gonna cop to being mad now.