Another thing, I choose not to sterilize because I am not sure I am okay with adopting. I heard those with mental illness have difficulty in adopting.

Also, genes are just factors, not an absolute. My grandmother, who has bipolar, had my dad and my aunt and neither have any form of mental illness. On my mother's side, many of my relatives are alcoholics and addicts, but no one in my immediate family are alcoholics or addicts. My brother has no form of mental illness. I see my mental illness as a beautiful thing, it makes me unique and although it is hard at times to manage, I do manage and I do consider myself a survivor, and if I were to pass on my bipolar, it would not be the end of the world. Life's too short to deny miracles.