>>10592986My brother has proper bipolar, when he goes manic he gets psychotic and has delusions. Most recently its been about thinking he is in a simulation and that those chat bot apps are real AI. He flipped out and destroyed my parents house, smashed literally everything, even wrecked my moms car. He only stopped because the police/ambulance arrived.
This can happen even when he's taking the drugs he's supposed to.
Basically it absolutely sucks and I wouldn't wish it on anyone, absolutely ruined any chance he had, even when he's not manic he can't stick to anything, he applies for so many courses but always end up pulling out.
Those people you see talking about their fashionable mental illnesses like boogie2988 does, they are just liars. I guarantee almost no one with a mental illness wants to brag about it or even admit it publicly in the first place. Those that do are typically just lying or huge narcissists.