Question of the Week - Understanding vs Responsibility

This installment has no easy answers, much less right ones or wrong ones. It's all about what level of understanding you expect to receive from people close to you and those you face in the wider world.

Question: How much allowance, if any, should those close to you make for your illness-related behavior? Should your colleagues at work and others you run across make similar allowances?

Loved ones and others: Please feel free to jump into the conversation. In fact, here's a question for you: Do you feel the bipolar individual in your life too often fails to take responsibility for his or her behavior?

Everyone: Please elaborate all you like. Comments below ...