Episodes

You have no idea how fast they can burn through money when they're manic. if you're acounts, are shared and they go manic, I've read story up to the story of the story.After story, they can burn through $1000 50000 worth of stuff and short order. Go by a car that there's no way in hell.They're gonna be able to pay for go on trips like-minded.The last year I was with her.She went on a cruise every month.Absolute insanity , by polar people , you have to be very careful with.

I know we've all been there to the most kindest most considerate loving person we've ever met and literally they can absolutely and do destroy you and then they come back some apologize might never apologize. She never apologized, she never said, I'm sorry she never said she did anything wrong so I there. Was obviously other personality distortions in there as well but bipolar. Bipolar is a serious game and it will literally destroy you.If it led , if you let it #BipolarRelationships #BipolarPa...

Here , I specifically talk about my reasons for getting out of the relationship with my bipolar person. i talk about the relationship and it bide polar person and how it can erode , you down to where literally you have a psychotic breakdown yourself. understand bipolar isn't a mental illness.It cannot be cured and it will take you if you allow

Here I dive into , how can a partner love you deeply in span of twenty four hours can discard you and never look back

In this raw, unfiltered conversation, we sit down with someone who's lived with bipolar I disorder for two decades to hear what mania actually feels like from the inside — not the clinical definition, but the lived reality. They walk us through the racing thoughts, the false clarity, the vanishing sense of risk, and the moment it all breaks apart. If you or someone you love has bipolar disorder, this episode offers a rare, honest window into the mind during a manic episode — and what it takes to...

We've all been there, we've all experienced this, but it's amazing how all of us have very similar experiences. one huge part for me, when my wife of bipolar was questioning myself on, is it me, or is it an illness?But after reading so much, I understand it's very common for all of us to question our reality , because of this evil illness called bipolar

If you're starting to experience your first manic experience with your bipolar.Here I talk about my experience and what you should expect again.Everybody pulled a person is different , but commonality of everybody is very striking

This is my take on how bipolar people lack empathy and self-awareness and how it affects us as Partners. share your experience with us. .Upload your own experience here . www.speakpipe.com/Mybipolarexperience

Discussing how resentment in a relationship with a bipolar person becomes extremely difficult and can destroy your marriage

I explain my experience with my wife of ten years and the cycle of being discarded and getting back together and how difficult that is and damaging

Bipolar disorder doesn't go away — it's managed, not cured. In this episode, I share my honest take on why treatment adherence is the line in the sand for me: if someone won't stay on their medication or work with their doctor, no amount of love changes the trajectory. This is a candid, personal look at what I've lived through as a partner, and why I believe consistency in treatment isn't optional — it's the foundation everything else depends on.

Loving someone with Bipolar I disorder with psychosis can be deeply rewarding, but it also requires commitment, education, healthy boundaries, and consistent treatment. A stable relationship isn't built on hope alone—it depends on medication adherence, honest communication, trust, recognizing early warning signs of mania or depression, and both partners working together through life's challenges. In this article, we explore what successful long-term relationships look like when one partner live...

A decade of marriage. Eighty percent of it genuinely wonderful — connection, love, the life we built together. But the other twenty percent was chaos I couldn't keep surviving. In this episode, I get honest about what it's like to love someone through bipolar disorder, why the good times make leaving so much harder, and why "mostly good" isn't the same as sustainable. This one is for every partner and caregiver quietly doing the math on their own relationship.

When I met my wife, I had no idea what bipolar disorder actually meant — not really. In this episode, I share what that learning curve looked like from the inside, and what I wish I'd understood sooner. But this episode isn't just a look back. If you're still married to a partner with bipolar disorder and trying to make it work, I share practical suggestions that come from lived experience, not a textbook. This is for the spouses and partners still in it — still showing up, still trying, still ...

Real accountability means owning your actions AND your treatment. In this episode, we dig into why the ability to apologize matters so much for partners and caregivers of someone with bipolar disorder — and why refusing medication is its own red flag. If your partner can say sorry for everything except the fallout from an episode, or refuses treatment altogether, it may be time to rethink the relationship. We break down the difference between willful refusal and illness-driven resistance, and wh...

Bipolar discard and what it looks like is not always what you think.It is the words may say that, but it's different for every bipolar couple here.I try to explain my experience of being discarded yet.Not really being discarded , it makes no sense , but take a listen

Trying to understand the guilt associated with living with or leaving a bipolar partner from my perspective.You are not alone

In this episode, I go back to the first moment I truly understood something was off in our relationship — the moment it finally hit me that the same person capable of so much love could also be so cruel. I talk through what I was seeing, my own reactions in that moment, her reactions, and the deep sadness underneath all of it. This isn't a clinical breakdown of bipolar disorder. It's the real, unfiltered account of a partner slowly recognizing the pattern — and what it feels like when love and ...

Having been married and currently married to a woman with bipolar one psychosis.I talk about my experience over the last 10 years.The extremely wonderful things , and this extremely volatile things. the reason i'm on podcasting is because we need to know the ones without the bipolar that you are heard and understood as when you try to explain this to somebody that doesn't know about bipolar , they think you're nuts