Real bi-polar disorder is serious, but people who are labeled or label others as having bi-polar disorder, frequently use it as a crutch to avoid personal accountability for one’s thinking, decisions, and behavior.
More often than not, the problem is triggered by pulling the pin on the arrogance grenade, which if goes unaddressed, simply explodes and fractures the life and thinking of the arrogant, as well as those around them.
I don’t think you’ve been around to many clinically bi-polar people.