How to tell the difference between bpd and a temper tantrum
EDIT: I meant bipolar not bpd
This is the closest sub I could find so i hope it’s allowed. My brother’s gf is diagnosed with bipolar but she also collects diagnoses. I think this one is real, but I also think she calls every bad behavior a manic episode. What are some key indicators of true manic behaviors that you have noticed?
Examples: I was visiting my brother out of state and wanted to buy a truck that was out in farmville. I suggested brother and I look at truck and take nephew to a children’s museum (my treat) in the area. She tried to uninvite me and go with brother, nephew and her daughter. I had a friend take me and brother refused her plan and she got in huff and stormed downstairs saying she needed to talk (yell) at him
Number 2: My sister lives with them and cooks dinner twice a week. She has set a boundary of not watching nephew and her daughter together because her daughter has gone off the deep end several times and cops and other drama resulted. Sister got pies for dessert to celebrate sisters all A semester. Gf refused to eat, sent a text to sister that she was going out and leaving both kids and left to find my brother who was at work (probably because she thought he wasn’t really).
Those examples sound personal because it’s from my perspective so they kinda are, but it’s the power trip kind of stuff that I have a hard time believing is a manic episode. Do people have passive aggressive behaviors during manic episodes or is it exclusively big reactions in the moment?
Edit: she is on medication and does online therapy twice a month.
Edit: My sister said I needed more examples soo
She offered to help with sisters room when she was moving in and then when sister asked for helpshe would ignore her altogether or tell her to do it herself.
She asked sister to make dinner then started it herself before sister was off work and was angry about it
She will tell sister (and brother who pays for everything) that everything in kitchen and for everyone then have a huge temper fit if something gets eaten that was for her or the kids.
Me and sister told brother what we were getting kids for Christmas so there wouldn’t be double gifts and she intentionally copied our gifts. She was super angry about having to help set up, wrap, cook, deal with her daughter and my nephew in general for Christmas. She tried to hide my present to her and brother.
I did some dishes because the sink was full and she was super mad about it. She didn’t lash out she just pouted and was generally rude and told my brother I was after her or something. They were all at work, and I was hanging out there rent free, felt normal to help clean especially when I had cooked a day or so ago, and some of the dishes were mine.