I feel our society values less important things over others. Society values lots of money and a full time job with a spouse and 2.5 kids in a house with a white picket fence. Unfortunately, for those of us with bipolar, these requirements often cannot be met. I am on disability, long term, and I can only work part time. I have to focus on my health or else I won't have any job and I'll be in the hospital. The disability is not enough to live off of, of course. I feel like I am denied, belittled, and ostracized, as well as feared and pitied because I have bipolar. I am tired of it. Sick of it, actually.