Episode 43 Reel1:Smiling Through The Highs,Surviving the Lows:Living With Bipolar II#lifeisbutadream

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]The impulsivity, bipolar with bipolar the highs and lows the the mania and the hypomania it's like it's so extreme. There's no in between.

[00:00:17]There is no in between. When you're manic, you're manic.

[00:00:23]To the extreme.

[00:00:24]>> Man, you will go on a shopping spree.

[00:00:27]You will spend off all your money.

[00:00:30]You will do things you're not supposed to do.

[00:00:33]Look, if it makes you happy I purchased a one day I just decided to purchase a house.

[00:00:38]Oh.

[00:00:39]>> And a new car.

[00:00:40]Wow.

[00:00:42]Because I was so manic. I was so manic.

[00:00:44]Mhm. I purchased a house and a new car.

[00:00:47]Wow. And what's one thing people always get wrong about bipolar? That we're crazy.

[00:00:55]The borderline personality is one thing but with the bipolar when people hear bipolar they automatically automatically assume you're beyond psychotic. They don't even want to be near you most of the time. They don't even want to talk to you. A lot of people don't even want to bother with you because they're going to say, "Oh my god, she's so draining."