98 percent of infants suffer from bipolar disorder
My toddler suffers from manic depression.
One second she is happily playing with her puzzle. The next she's deep in the throes of depression; a lake of tears.
Last night I was ready to Baker-Act her when I came across this study that gave me comfort:
"A new study published in The Journal Of Pediatric Medicine found that a shocking 98 percent of all infants suffer from bipolar disorder.
"Additionally we found that most babies had trouble concentrating during the day, often struggled to sleep at night, and could not be counted on to take care of themselves -- all classic symptoms of manic depression," said the study's author Dr. Steven Gregory.
In a quick online search of advice on dealing with the massive waves of happiness and sadness, I found more grounded explanations that the emotional swings come from difficulty explaining oneself, and "loss of image" and that I need to better "explain" changes to my daughter.
I prefer for diagnosis of manic-depressive by satire news-site The Onion. I mean really, high-pitched screams over a puzzle piece not fitting after happily finding the puzzle piece??
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