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My best friend believes she is bipolar, but I think she may just have depression because she isn't really manic, and she doesn't seem to be that extreme. I know two people (married) that are bipolar, and while both of them have different types, my friend doesn't seem any like them. The thing was she didn't think anything about it until after she saw Real Life on MTV one night. The next day after she watched it, she was all depressed and told me that by the shows standards, she is bipolar. I think she needs to talk to someone because she tried to commit suicide two years ago. She swears she will never try anything like that again, and I believe her, because she has changed. I still think she should see someone though because she self-diagnosis herself from information she got off the internet, and if she is clinicly depressed, she should get some relief at knowing what is wrong with her--small things will make her obsess over herself and she will get down. IE, if someone says a comment about her, ugly, fat, too skinny, she will obsess about it for months. Sometimes I don't tell her things that are said about her because she will ask a million questions, and she can't let things die, she has to open up and rehash the past. I do think she is under a lot of stress, and cares a lot of what others think, and believes what others will say about her, so I think that may be part of why she feels the way she does, and she should get treatment, may it be just someone to share her problems with, or if necessary, medication.
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