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Can you have acquire a life. Yes. Truth is you have probably been living with the symptoms for a lot longer than you realize. Now you have a diagnosis you are able to do research, learn coping strategies, get medicated if required, and have a more appropriate support team. With these things in place, you will cope much better than you probably have been in the past,
It's not so much that you will never have a 'life' again, but that your values, your outlook, your goals and aspirations will probably change as you come to realize your limitations. That in itself is not a bad thing, for it will help you get out of the trap that work and material assets make you happy, something that this world perpetuates so well. Rather, you will be more prone to smelling the roses, and taking note of the smaller things in life.
Do you have a reason to exist? Absolutely. You are unique, and bring something to this world that no one else can. As far as a 'reason'? Make a reason. Challenge yourself. Make realistic goals, and then work toward them. They maybe smaller goals than you would like to achieve, but small goals often and reaching them is better than shooting for the stars and failing.
Why you? They say one in five will end up with a MI at sometime in their life. No one deserves to have a MI, you included. But there are a lot worse things to have. Right now it probably doesn't seem like it, but MI will never kill you unless you chose to let it do so. The same cannot be said of other diseases........
Things will settle. Bipolar does what it does. It has ups and it has downs. When down, it's hard to see when you will ever be up again, but it will happen. Ask anyone with bipolar.
I've tried to be honest without being light and fluffy. Some of my comments may come across a bit harsh, I'm sorry if they do, they're not intended that way.
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