Definitely relate to this. I've been to Bible School, University, a Tech Institute - now I am given the opportunity of a lifetime to do what I love to do and I have quit for health reasons...

Sad sad.

Now I am in therapy and I want to be a therapist... Been there - done that. I honestly don't know what to do with myself, but I'm starting to realize something that permeates through every one of my different career aspirations: I need to help others.

My identity is in helping others... It doesn't matter how I go about this - because I can learn to help others in many different ways.

And what better thing to do with ourselves - than help others like us in need? We sufferers spend so much time in the darkness that we often forget the sheer amount of insight and experience we gain... We really have a lot to give - and people like us need it more than we know.

There's a reason why so many Borderline's drift towards the helping professions: It's because we truly empathize to an extraordinary extent. We don't just read and learn about illnesses, we feel them.