Interesting question! I consider myself to "be" bipolar, and when it comes down to it, technically I accept the fact that I am "mentally ill" by some definitions. I think everyone is crazy sometimes, and I think I am crazy very often, but at least I know it and I accept it. I've been struggling with BP since childhood, I just never knew what was wrong until I was properly diagnosed about 5 years ago. Now everything makes sense. It's part of who I am, and while I'm not happy about it, I'm done with being embarrassed by it.