Everyone thinks I am crazy. Maybe I am. Who goes into teaching little kids when she is over 30 and has a career job? I definitely want to teach in a public school too. So, I gave up my secure full time job with benefits to go back to school to learn to be a teacher. Honestly, without the onset of the bipolar I never would have. I would have remained at a job I loathed until I retired a bitter old lady someday. Basically the mania pushed me, gave me the courage/insanity to take huge risk. While I am committed to staying on meds/out of the psych unit, I guess in a way i am thankful to my mental illness.