Mental health can be a difficult subject to navigate, especially when a diagnosis becomes tangled up with frightening or destructive behavior. In this case, this woman thought she knew what she was signing up for when she moved in with a roommate who had been open about having bipolar I disorder and borderline personality disorder.
What she apparently didn’t know was that her roommate had a history of severe episodes involving rage and destruction. And unfortunately for her, that distinction became painfully clear after she returned from visiting her hospitalized father.