evidence: How Talking Openly Against Stigma Helped A Mother And Son Cope With Bipolar Disorder [...] This week on For The Record: a mother, a son and life on the edge of bipolar disorder. [...] She got messages of support, but she also got criticism. People laid into her for comparing her son to a mass murderer, violating his privacy, and some suggested that she was somehow responsible for her son's condition. It stung, but for the most part she pushed it away.