Bipolar Disorder vs Quirky Girlfriend

I'm diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. My episodes can last for weeks or months and sometimes I hear and see things that aren't there or have paranoid and delusional thoughts and it can become really terrifying. I ruin any friendships, jobs, financial stability and literally anything that was good for me. When my episodes are over I am left to pick up the pieces and the only person I can blame for my life being a train wreck is myself. I don't even know who I am anymore. I just want to be stable and happy. OMG YOU HAVE BIPOLAR TOO?? XDD SO DO I!!! TOOK A TEST ONLINE!! GO FROM HAPPY TO SAD IN A FEW MINUTES, I'M SO CRAZY LOL XDD I ALSO HAVE AUTISM, OCD, ADHD, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND I HAVE AN ALTER THAT IS MIKU HATSUNE! I YELL AT MY BOYFRIEND THEN EXPECT HIM TO CUDDLE ME IM SUCH A PSYCHO BIPOLAR QUIRKY GIRLFRIEND HEHE X3!!!

A two-panel comparison shows a distressed person describing the severe reality of bipolar disorder beside a pink-haired girl enthusiastically claiming she has bipolar disorder and many other conditions after taking an online test. The joke criticizes people who trivialize serious mental illnesses and treat them as quirky personality traits or relationship drama. It is used as a reaction to exaggerated self-diagnosis, attention-seeking, or insensitive mental-health humor.

• @afrosidemoon / 34908 2020-12-17