Are bipolar people resilient?

Bipolar patients showed an intermediate level of resilience between those with schizophrenia and healthy controls on measures of both resilience and cognitive performance.

What do people with bipolar disorders find hard to maintain?

Your partner’s ability to perform well at work can be affected by bipolar disorder. Severe mood swings, along with manic symptoms such as poor judgement and impulsivity, or depressive symptoms such as low energy and disinterest make it tough to find and maintain a job.

Why do so many bipolar relationships fail?

The shifts a person suffering from bipolar disorder experiences are more dramatic than one would usually encounter. Although there can be symptom-free periods (known as euthymia), the mood fluctuations can significantly impact a person’s day to day functioning. This could be one of the reasons why bipolar relationships fail.

Do people with bipolar disorder have difficulty with life satisfaction?

People with bipolar disorder often find that their mood instability does interfere their with life satisfaction. But if that’s not the case, then I would agree that there’s no reason to place much effort into trying to be different. The link to the graph of social network activity that I described was changed.

What are the risks of bipolar disorder?

Although depressive episodes are hard to cope with, mania brings other challenges that can be just as destructive. In a heightened mood, people with bipolar disorder are prone to risky behaviors such as overspending, excessive alcohol abuse, gambling, etc.

Can a young person with bipolar disorder live a stable life?

In effect, what we’re really saying is that the young individual with bipolar disorder should strive to live with considerably more maturity and stability than is developmentally appropriate for them! And apart from the fact that this is very difficult to do, it’s also something that many DO NOT WANT TO DO.