I like being a nurse practitioner, but if I wasn't bipolar I probably would have become a doctor. Also, I probably wouldn't have married my ex, because we got together when we were both really unwell and helped each other through it. So maybe I would have married someone else, maybe I'd still be married, maybe I'd have kids. It's so hard to say because there are so many variables. I started high school in a gifted program, and then switched to an alternative program, mostly because I was unwell. So if I had have stayed in the gifted program, who knows what I would have done. All things considered, I have been very resilient and I have still done well with career. But I think I would have gone a lot farther if I hadn't been sick.