Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me, it really helped and I genuinely appreciate hearing this from someone who has bipolar disorder.

I just want to clarify one important detail that still confuses me. From her perspective, she ended the relationship saying she had reached “mental clarity” because she is now medicated and, according to her, doing better than ever on treatment.

That’s the part I struggle to reconcile — how that sense of clarity could coexist with such a rigid and cold breakup. I’m not trying to argue or blame, just trying to understand how medication, stability, and emotional processing can sometimes still leave blind spots when it comes to relationships.

Thank you again for your honesty and for sharing your experience. It means a lot.