Being diagnosed with anything is hard. It doesn't matter what it is. It's hard to find out you have something going on. Bipolar, diabetes, cancer, depression, ADD, it doesn't matter if it's physical or mental. People have trouble accepting things all the time. So, you sound normal to me.

I was able to accept it when I got diagnosed in the fact that I finally felt someone took the timeto pay attention to the fact that something was wrong. I'd had a really hard time coping and struggling with things since childhood, but no one ever to help me. But, it was harder to accept the bipolar idea because I don't fit the "DSM IV" model with the super spending/gambling/promiscuity. And my euphoria was already long gone in replace of the dysphoric mania. Learning about dysphoria was huge for me because it isn't talked about as much as the euphoria.