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Bipolar Husband

Bipolar Husband

Hi, I don’t even know if my husband of 30 years has bipolar but am obviously searching for some sanity to try and make sense of why he breaks into rages over very trivial things. We have 3 children 26, 23 and 17 who also cop the brunt of his rages and at the time we all feel like we are in a haze of confusion as to what the hell just happened. We all tend to walk on egg shells and the kids now avoid spending time with him. He has lots of really good qualities but they all get wiped out with a 15 minute rage. He is physically very in your face without actually hitting anyone but will in excessive outbursts shove or stand over you intimidating. I feel like I'm not protecting my kids and feel so much disgust towards my husband. He always blames us for his outburst and in some way makes it that we got him to that point due to a build up of our disrespectful behaviour etc I have zero belief in mental health problems and feel that it is just poor behaviour and absolute selfishness

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Re: Bipolar Husband

Thankyou for your insights, we have been married 44 yrs and my husband has been diagnosed with GAD and Bipolar II. I can relate to not reacting but walking away. Sometimes when I think we are having a rational discussion I get caught off guard and have to leave the house.

I made the mistake of telling him that when he is hypomanic he shows some narcissistic traits as way of explaining our frequent arguments and since then he has labelled me a narcissist.

Thankfully he has agreed to seek professional help together but only because he thinks I need it (being a narcissist ).

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