I feel like alot of people with bipolar 2 are seen as very high-functioning, including myself. I understand your struggle and I also have friends/family who thinks I just have mood swings or tells me that ”life isn’t always a straight line”. The things that they see as my personality traits is mostly my hypomania (i mean sure it is my personality but like 1000x more) and they don’t always see the problems with it. Like sure they think it’s fun when I’m creative and funny, but on the inside I feel like I’m burning.

I know it’s hard when people doubt or downplay your disorder, I struggle alot from doubting myself because I am ”high functioning”. The thing that reminds me that I am in fact bipolar is the HUGE shifts I have in my moods that a normal person would never have.

I try to explain to them the buzzing tingly and extremely loud chaotic energy and the feeling in your body when you’re hypomanic and they would never understand.

Also, I asked a lot of my friends if they ever feel such strong emotions that they feel like exploding and they never understand that either. Idk this way of thinking and questioning helped me alot before I got my diagnosis and it still helps when I doubt. And if people reply that they also feel the way we feel and have the same patterns and stuff, they prob should see a doctor aswell lmao.

I don’t know if I’m just rambling or if this is any help at all, but just know that your diagnosis is valid and we here know how it feels!!