If You slit your wrists do you have bipolar disorder?

Answer 1

no, quite commonly not if they genuinely cut there wrists because they are sad and feel that way for more than two weeks then they may need to see a doctor about depression. Bipolar disorder is a series of manic phases followed by depressive phases in these manic phases one may feel elated mentally and physically and feel like they have tons of energy even after a couple of hours sleep, also they may have psychotic features such as hallucinations or delusions normally about paranormal activities or religious beliefs such as believing they are the devil. Furthermore they may encounter severe paranoia.

On the other hand in the depressive phase the person may not want to get out of bed and have a feeling of hate towards themselves or others which shows itself as anxiety, paranoia or the person being unnaturally irritable, Also the person may want to hurt themselves or worse commit suicide because in their minds they can't see a way out of this pain.

As John Kevin Hines once said. 'People with bipolar disorder only see black and white, there are no shades of gray.'