How can you not define yourself as bipolar. I find this really difficult. every day I need my support group, I read on here daily, I see a therapist once a week, group once a week, pdoc every month or so, and meds multiple times a day. I'm constantly reminded of my illness. that's the first problem. the second is bigger, and that is I can see how something like MS or cancer wouldn't define someone, but something like BP is different. Because I have BP, it governs how I think, I act, and what I say. its a big part of ME a big part of WHO I AM. and BP is the reason I am where I am in life right now (still undergrad at 26, been in school since I was 17).

how do I not define myself as primarily bipolar? who the **** am I then?!