yeah, this is a good point.

Moreover, the challenge is... since our emotions are wider range than "normals"... to get comfortable with this wider range. I think you can be depressed and manicky and not get swayed by it. After all... one can control what they eat, one can force themselves to excercise and go to job and do other sucky things... so willpower is a real thing.

(some say when i talk of this that you would not force somebody wiht heart condition run marathon... well, nobody is asking you to run marathon, a country, or an international corporation... but most people CAN find a way to live life, if they let themselves to. You don't NEED to have white collar 9-5 job... you don't need to do many things your family wants you to do... find YOUR way... think of what YOU want to do and then find a way how to go for it, or the next best thing).

Don't overfocus on normal.... focus on being comfortable in your own skin.




I don't think it is that simple and honestly, i think the diabetus analysis is a put down (kinda like saying "take your meds and STFU". If you have high blood sugar... it does not really impact your perception of the world and whatnot.

Bipolar is different. Not necessarily easier or harder, but just something else.

I use the I "am" term.... but so what if I am? I am also Slavic, which is neither good or bad, but it was part of shaping my experience...

Again, I don't think "normal" matters, because if we took normal in global scale.... nobody would truly fit in. You can be abnormal and be more or less comfortable with it. When it comes to emotional issues, the dichotomy of normal/ill is misleading and not too helpful, imho.