I don't consider you a loser. So what if you didn't take the "normal" path in life? Who cares if you didn't go to college right out of high school and you don't want to buy a car, a house, and have a bunch of kids like many "normal" people end up doing? Who cares if it took longer for you to figure life out yourself while you have had to deal with a bunch of MI that would break most people quickly?

I turn 26 next week, yet I just started at a Community College this June and just now started working my first "real" job at the college campus. I've never been to a university, never owned a car, never even had a chance to get my driver's license (which I'm working on now), and have never had a girlfriend. Does that make me a loser? No.

People like us have had to work harder to get to where we are at in life because of the crap we had to deal with in our past. Anybody could become successful if they are physically and mentally healthy and have families that support them and love them. Somebody like us accomplishing something meaningful with our lives stands out and makes us all that much more significant because most people couldn't deal with what we have had to.

So no, you're not a loser. If anything, I would call you a fighter for getting to where you are now after dealing with what you have had to.