hmm, read this and it reminds me of a lot of people in life and how i feel a lot of the time....
*Your FIRST and HIGHEST obligation is to yourself** 

Being involved with an unmedicated bipolar is like having to endure 100 lashes (shirtless) while trying to sing the theme song from "Annie" and smiling at the same time. 

...when in an episode, people with bipolar can be HEINOUSLY self-absorbed and narcissistic! When manic, they're ONLY thinking about themselves. You're not even a 'blip' on the radar screen of the universe! You're as inconsequential to them as the mole on their ass