Shocked at teachers attitude towards friends bipolar

Sorry i realise its poorly written, i cant edit it though

Basically the head of the psychology department said to my friend that she was an attention seeker. The head of department isnt my friends teacher though and has never even spoken to my friend before this. So her teacher must have said it to the head of department who then saw my friend and felt the need to call her an attention seeker

I know it is total BS. He doesnt really deserve a space at all. But that being said, it gets him to college each day, where before he wasn't showing up because he wouldn't use public transport.

I'd complain. You'd think if they're teachers of psychology that they'd understand.

Could've been any other teacher.

Did the head of year ask to see the girl? Or did she say it whilst passing her in the corridor. Also you have to remember that this is all taken out of context. We don't know what the conversation was about or what led to the accusation

My friend went to hand in coursework to the department office, the head of department was the one in the room so she left it with her and then the head of department saw my friends name and said it

Why are you getting yourself involved? If your friend wants to complain she can complain, it's certainly not your place to complain. Besides, it's barely an issue, you can't expect your teacher to realise that your friend was suffering from depression, and she must have been doing something to warrant being addressed about her behaviour.

No it was her teacher. Because of the way the teacher had been afterwards towards her

So she handed in the coursework, the teacher saw the naem, looked up and said "you are an attention seeker"?

Yup. It was more "so you're the attention seeker then" though

Ok, so my friend has just been diagnosed as being bipolar which took a while to get a diagnosis. However for ages we thought she was suffering depression of some sort. It was obvious to us and to a lot of other people.

She really trusted one of our teachers (our psychology teacher) And i think she would have told her what was bothering her etc if she had the confidence to. She did used to talk to the teacher quite a lot though. Now one day my friend got called by another member of the department who didnt know her at all and had obviously heard this from her teacher (another psych teacher) That she was the "attention seeker" This made my friend very embarassed but also really really upset. She wasnt atention seeking but more building up the courage to ask for help. She attempted suicide a few weeks later but it didnt work. And now it turns out its bipolar.

Now am i stupid for being shocked about the way the teacher acted and behaved to someone who was clearly depressed? I'm genuinely shocked to the point of maybe even complaining although im sure my friend would be embarassed if i did complain about it and i wouldnt do it if she was completly against it. I realise teachers are busy, but it was obvious to other teachers who would ask if things were ok etc. It makes me genuinley upset

Its probably none of my business to interfer but my friend is too shy to complain herself.

What a bunch of BS, he's sad not an amputee.

You ever had bi-polar or any other mental condition?

You ever had bi-polar or any other mental condition?

Judging by their post I'd day they have some sort of mental condition.

Yes i have, from '07 to '09, i've got it under control now. Why do you ask?

so essentially you're taking the piss too. Kudos to you. Kudos.

Well I have it too.

You seem to think because you had x symptoms that everyone has had the same experience as you? There are a wide variety of way's it can affect you and you seeming to judge everyone by how it affected you seem's a rather silly idea if i'm honest.

While I think him getting a car park space is silly, I get EXTREMELY paranoid on bus' from mine, I have got off buses before and walked because of this and have had sweat dripping off me. Maybe he has a worse case of that than me and so therefore won't get on?