Nihilist wrote:Yes it does get annoying. People think it makes you into an artist because of mania or something. They seem to think that the diagnosis is a sure sign of creativity without the downsides and the fact that most who experience hypomania/mania have difficulty finishing anything they start.
I am not sure I totally understand this. It probably has a lot to do with each persons' experiences. For me, I have never had the view that BP is romanticized. I have gotten a lot of folks tell me they don't understand it. 'How can someone be depressed for no reason other than the are sad, etc'. Doesn't mean they are telling me I am wrong, they just cannot relate. Which I totally understand that view, because unless you have BP, I think no one can truly understand what it is like.
Sorry if this is doesn't further the discussion here. I guess I am just looking for understanding of what is referred to as Romanticizing,