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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 128800" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Dreamer, I think most people get their ideas about what Bi-Polar looks like from movies like The Snake Pit.</p><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040806/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040806/</a></p><p></p><p>They expect someone with Bipolar to have Einstein-hair and a bit of drool at the corners of the mouth. I don't really know, but it almost seems as though people feel cheated and resentful that it doesn't "show" somehow.</p><p></p><p>People's reactions are bizarre. When I had foot surgery a while ago and switched from crutches to a cane as I got more mobile, I noticed an immediate difference in how people treated me. Overnight, I became invisible, people spoke to me loudly and slowly, store clerks would overlook me in line, and then be very surprised when I spoke up (and did so clearly).</p><p></p><p>I think in people's heads certain things just "go" together (like pork chops and applesauce), so when your things don't "go" (e.g. BiPolar diagnosis, with normal appearance), they are disconcerted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 128800, member: 3907"] Dreamer, I think most people get their ideas about what Bi-Polar looks like from movies like The Snake Pit. [URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040806/[/URL] They expect someone with Bipolar to have Einstein-hair and a bit of drool at the corners of the mouth. I don't really know, but it almost seems as though people feel cheated and resentful that it doesn't "show" somehow. People's reactions are bizarre. When I had foot surgery a while ago and switched from crutches to a cane as I got more mobile, I noticed an immediate difference in how people treated me. Overnight, I became invisible, people spoke to me loudly and slowly, store clerks would overlook me in line, and then be very surprised when I spoke up (and did so clearly). I think in people's heads certain things just "go" together (like pork chops and applesauce), so when your things don't "go" (e.g. BiPolar diagnosis, with normal appearance), they are disconcerted. [/QUOTE]
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