I'm offended not because of what she wrote, and I'm not saying it's not a totally awful thing to have happen. It's totally awful and unfair, but I can't understand why people don't just accept that it's a disease and move on; if it was some other medical emergency that the woman had had, like gone out there and had a heart attack, would everyone be this mad? It's this double standard. You're allowed to get mad at people who are crazy because at some level everyone thinks they have control over what they do.I have to deal with this constant stigma because of this disease I have, and maybe if people could write about their encounters with people with this condition in a somewhat kind way instead of talking about how they stay away from family members who have been diagnosed. I think my life and a lot of others' would be a lot better if people would just maybe get a little bit progressive and realize that it's not anything anyone does on purpose. I've had people take me off their friends list because I write about being depressed; why is it not okay to talk about that, but okay to talk about this person like she's the scum of the earth? What really upset me was the comment that whoever wrote about how they don't talk to their cousin because she's bipolar. I find that totally, totally disturbing in an absolutely sickening kind of way--that someone would do that to their OWN FAMILY is just terrifying to me. I don't expect you to understand; you're not me and I'm just going on an assumption here (correct me if I'm wrong) that you are not bipolar and don't have any other mental condition that requires medicine every day for the rest of your life. I had no idea that there were this many people who would think it appalling that I find this offensive. I tried to not say anything at all, but it just upset me that much. I think it's sad that now I have to go and apologize to people for getting angry about it. But people assuming that I'm some kind of worthless crazy scum is just part of my life and I think it's really awful that this thinking persists in the face of so much evidence to the contrary. I don't see why you're saying "take her off your friends list if it upsets you so much." This, okay, really, really, really offended and upset me. I don't think I can even communicate how much.