I’m tired of being labeled as just “too emotional” or “dramatic”
Hi everyone! This is my first time ever making a post on Reddit, but I feel like I have nobody that will actually understand what I am saying so here I am. I am 24 and I live on my sister & brother in-laws property.
We made the decision to move me onto the property during a really low point in my life last year. Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely grateful that they have unconditionally welcomed me into their household, but it can definitely get frustrating at times. I work with my BIL which means that we are around each other 24/7. This alone causes “issues” due to my random surge of “extreme emotions”, but I do take accountability for a big portion of our arguments as I do seem to be the cause of it the majority of the time. My issue is that even my “normal” emotions seem to get labeled as me being “dramatic” or just overly emotionally. This has unfortunately been my reality for the majority of my life, but it’s just recently started to feel more demeaning and dismissive of what I’m experiencing. I’m not trying to play the victim card or anything and I know that it’s nobody’s responsibility to adapt to my issues ESPECIALLY within their home, I just end up feeling bad if I express any emotion other than happiness. I just don’t know if what I’m experiencing is normal for people with Bipolar depression or if I’m genuinely just being dramatic.