Facing difficulties: why people with bipolar disorder don't always see how you feel

By John Elder
Updated January 31 2015 - 10:08am, first published January 13 2015 - 10:16pm

People with bipolar disorder often experience amplified emotions, and consequently struggle in their inter-personal relations. They can also appear self-absorbed, resistant to reason and don't seem to care how people around them feel. New Melbourne-based research, however, has found sufferers have reduced ability to recognise emotions in other people's faces.