re: Johnny Manziel attempted suicide after being cut by the Cleveland Browns in 2016

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If he does in fact have bipolar disorder it's one of the most difficult mood disorders to live with.

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And honestly his behavior tracks with Bipolar if you look back at it over the years.

Bipolar folks, especially if it’s not well treated, are commonly suicidal when they crash from that manic phase.

Spoiled or not, if that’s his struggle I genuinely hope he is getting help.

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If he does in fact have bipolar disorder it's one of the most difficult mood disorders to live with

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I can confirm. I dated and was married to a girl from Georgia for 8 years. It was both our second marriages. I had never been around someone with this disorder (that I know of). She was on SSI disability for it and told me early on.

I was ignorant and uneducated about it so I said “We can work through it, babe.” But you can’t. It’s virtually impossible to live a normal life with these folks, even if they see their doc regularly and take their meds. She was violent, addictive, destructive, abusive, left many times only to come back two weeks later begging forgiveness and promising to change. They can be a lot of fun. Sex life was insane. She had almost no boundaries. But when they grab the steering wheel from the passenger seat and jerk you into the other lane on the interstate at 75 mph in a drunken rage - and that’s just the tip of the iceberg - it’s time cut the cord, which I did.

If JM really has this it explains a lot.

ETA: If you want to see a an accurate and heartbreaking depiction of this kind of relationship, check out the Chris Stapleton video for his song “Fire Away.”

Fire Away - Chris Stapleton