Based off of what you know about me , What mental illness do you think I have?

I know y’all ain’t doctors, but you can still tell me. I asked my boyfriend this because he used to be a a nurse at a mental health hospital (by the way that’s not where we met. I was NOT a patient at his hospital 🤣🤣) and he picked bipolar 😩 because apparently I start fights with him randomly 🙄 Honestly, I think he’s just stereotyping me. Clearly he doesn’t know much about bipolar because then he would know that it’s not true at all because honestly, I just have a lot on my mind and I just think about things and then it just bothers me so maybe that’s not bipolar. Maybe I just have PTSD 🤷🏿‍♀

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Am seeing something.

TurtlePink

@class which is?

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@TurtlePink thought bipolar

TurtlePink

@class wait what makes you think that 🥺

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@TurtlePink
Be wary of jumping to absolutes/labels this is probably one of his reasonings it can make both of you defensive.

"you have a lot on your mind" can be the same as having mental illness causing the problem.
You may not be sure or see it as its this reason but there are factors causing them in mental illness if you see symptoms which is good you're reaching out to others if they have noticed. Always good to be observant.

explain to him how it makes you feel when he explains his reasoning you can identify what "triggers" or moods cause those outcomes.

If you have a diagnosis support can be rewarding with what supports are low cost, its about improving quality of life try their club house programs they'll lower pricing to maybe a few dollars per outing.

It sounds like you might be having a hard time accepting the idea of having symptoms mental illness with the last things you said but it doesnt mean you have them

"Being stressed/upset can look like symptoms of something bigger, but I’ll look for patterns and duration before deciding"

Free apps/resources: PTSD Coach, Moodfit, CBT workbooks, journaling apps

This is just a rough idea not anything too thought about