Thanks everyone for your replies. They mean a lot to me.

Yeah 'normies' certainty have things a lot easier than us. They can rely on a simple input-output relationship whereas we have to budget our energy and deal with whatever our bipolar throws at us that day.

I think the spoon theory helps a lot in not only explaining to others but also helps with my own understanding.

I read through your blog post @Soupe du jour, thanks for posting about it.