No, you aren't your DX. I recently read an article about bipolar disorder, by a medical doctor, and he referred to the person as "bipolar" rather than a patient with bipolar disorder. How ignorant.

Well, if all you do is cover the day to day spin with your therapist, no, you probably don't need to admit your DX. Once you are trusting enough, and more secure ... when you can handle engaging in therapy ... then you will be able to admit you suffer from something, and then work at finding the solution to the symptoms it gives you. Be sure to stay in therapy though, because many people go just to chit chat and then quit because nothing is changing, and they feel the therapy isn't doing any good.

There are times when just the day to day events are all a person can handle, I understand that.... Hope you continue to progress and feel better.