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NonBPD individual here, is this a dominating experience in the BPD community? Trying to not take things at face value (memes mostly) and trying to spark more clarity, conversation and thought to these sorts of posts.
It’s probably easy to joke around and be more flexible when you’re a member of the community but as an outsider who just wants to get a clearer image I’m in the dark
For me at least (BP 1), it's not like this at all. Cyclothymia is a rare symptom of BP, which might cause consistent rapid cycling. For me, each episode can be months long and throughout that time the severity can change.
The official definition of BP is only requires two episodes (one [Hypo]manic, one depresive) in the year to be diagnosable, the rest is up to the psychiatrist to determine.
Edit: this is why I'm not a fan of these types of memes, it can leave lurkers with a different idea of what BP is than reality.
I kinda had a feeling this was the case.
Dw the smart peeps question their consumption and will try to seek out the truth ;)