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Spoken English Course Day 13

Date: Mar 08 2011

Author: andylu2

Lesson

Today I'm talking about a great term to describe someone with a certain psychological condition. A lot of people have this but don't know it. It is really helpful to describe people who act this way and is becoming more and more common in daily English.

The word is "Bi Polar"

Bi means 2. Like Bicycle is 2 wheels.

Polar means 2 ends. 2 extremes.

Someone who has "Bi polar" disorder is a person who has huge mood swings. They are very happy for a while and think everything is perfect. Then for no reason, they are sad and depressed for a while.

It is a pretty extreme disease. Some people can actually kill themselves when they are on a "low".

When they are on a "high" they might gamble, stay up all night, and act crazy. They are emotionally unstable.

I'm sure you know people who act this way. Now you know how to express it.

You can say, "She has bi polar disorder" or more commonly in spoken English "he is bi polar".

I hope you enjoyed this lesson again and learned from it. I always love reading your comments and I really feel thankful for the "likes".

Hope to hear from you.

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Comments

faruk karakuş

Turkey

great

sofree

China

Oh, also like your Movie Slang Ebook, very helpful!!

sofree

China

GREAT! Love all your courses!

Wish you have a RSS…

andylu2

Canada

Hi Jossef.

Those are actually 2 totally separate conditions

jossef 002010

Morocco

Hi Andy..hi guys

can i consider someone who has "bi polar" that he has "Schizophrenia " or just disorder in moral side..? thanks

Jungmi

South Korea

Hi Andy,

I think a lot of Koreans have this for sure. I checked in the dictionary and we use this word too. Thanks again for another useful lesson.

Dinoraptor101

United States

@Murad Ali

Bi Polar = Person who can be happy and sad in the next 5 minutes.

andylu2

Canada

Hey Dinoraptor,

Here is something you might find funny. I actually have the same thing and I don't really think it's a disorder either. I have a similar experience, except I don't write poetry. I am creative during "depressed states". I can totally accept criticism too. I'm glad to hear real opinions. I just wanted to teach this term simply for people to understand the general idea.

I know that a lot of "gifted" people had this all throughout history as well. It makes life more interesting but I'd say the "disorder" part is that it can make it a bit of a struggle too dealing with "normal" people on a day to day basis.

murad ali

Yemen

ok i will

Dinoraptor101

United States

I have Bi polar but I don't believe it's a disorder, more of a mental diagnose of gifted people. In deep depression I can write poems novels, and very awesome things I can later not believe it was me who wrote them..

and in my very happy mood, I tend to invent stuff, study sleeplessly, or make everyone around me happy..

To be frank I hate people who diagnose mental states as diseases. being a pervert, bored, or lazy.. those are serious diseases.. that people call Normal..

I hope you also except criticizing comments lol