I was diagnosed a week or so ago with bipolar type II, and fully feel that it is correct, but still have some lingering doubts in my mind over whether I truly have the condition. I've been told by my counselor at school and several others that this "could just be a phase" (I'm 18, in case that matters), and this makes me nervous about whether I should fully embrace my diagnosis or not. Whether it's my own personality, or some disorder, I'm a person who will go over something literally hundreds of times in order to convince myself that I'm doing the right thing, and these comments have been only exacerbating these thoughts. Any opinions on whether these comments by others have any merit?