I agree with this ...but "cannot will your way out of bipolar" , well I'm not quite so sure. This is where cancer and diabetes comparisons go wrong. We know what cancer is, we know what diabetes is, we do not know what bipolar is. Until we know what it is ..I choose to leave that possibility on the table. There are people who claim to have fully recovered and I have little reason not to consider their experience as much as I consider others experience.

The science is not there yet, and science especially tells us possibilities can be endless. even with cancer and diabetes we are still learning. And even when we are given facts, facts change ..they only represent knowledge we have right now. Will I deal with bipolar symtoms all my life, it is not set in stone. Even cancer patients can become cancer free. Even if there is chemical imbalance, there is no reason I am aware of that chemicals cannot become rebalanced.

The rest yes ..I stand by it 100%

Sometimes people do get upset when we propose these ideas, and I have gotten the "well you must not really care" . I do care very much, which is why I try to share what I have seen work.