A family member keeps telling me details about the televised Depp/Heard case, despite the fact that I’ve said I don’t care, and I’ve started to feel triggered by it. I know next to nothing about what’s going on, except for the fact that Heard has been diagnosed with BPD. My family member’s partner referred to Heard as a “psycho” which REALLY set me off. For the record, I’ve been diagnosed Bipolar I for 10 years and have firsthand experience with psychosis.

Today my family member said something about people with mental illness needing to be held responsible for their actions, and it’s just a huge reminder that no one knows how truly out of control psychosis (or other parts of mental illness) makes us. It drives me crazy that someone who’s known me for YEARS can still be so insensitive about these issues. 

Again, I don’t really know the specifics of the Depp/Heard case and don’t really care about it that much. It honestly just looks like two celebrities airing their ridiculous dirty laundry. I just don’t appreciate the way Heard is being portrayed to me by my family member, who KNOWS what I’ve been through. As someone with BD, I’d like to think that I try to respect our fellow brothers and sisters with BPD, who have their own struggles that often go unhelped or undiagnosed.