Like if you say you're manic they'll stare at you funny. If on the other hand, you downplay your symptoms to something like a sensitivity to noise or a shopping spree gone wild,etc...they'll nod their heads like they get it? And you're trying not to murder them in your mind.

It's like the second you say bipolar they think idk, serial killer and since they know you're not a SK, therefore you must be making it up.

But if you use terms like, I feel sad or I feel angry, whatever...that they get.

I feel like there should be a better words or adjectives to communicate what Bipolar and Depression actually are because at least I can't seem to convey it right. Best I can do is like, emotions that are heightened by about a million.