Being bipolar is not easy in the slightest. But it doesn't mean it has the power to control your life.

I'm a retired pessimist. I spent years and years making lists of all the different ways I hated myself. I think my dx saved me, and now I just don't have the time or the option to keep making hate lists. It will just make me feel worse about myself and make me feel weak and vulnerable when clearly, after everything I've been through, I am not.