What is your purpose in life?

I feel like since my diagnosis almost 6yrs ago that my life has lost its purpose.

Dear Pooky, I can almost relate to your pain that your life has lost its purpose due to your diagnosis. When I got my diagnosis, I was 54 years old, and I thought it meant that all my decisions and judgment for my whole life had been faulty. But a therapist explained that my decisions and judgment would often be faulty if I were having an episode, but that otherwise my decisions and judgment were fine. I don't think a bipolar diagnosis makes a person ineffectual or useless or unable to have a purpose. Perhaps you could have a therapist to talk this over with?

This came to me the other day. The purpose of life is to show God we love Him as much as he loves us. By passing tests, helping others, etc.

Avisa, your purpose in life makes so much sense. You seem like a wonderful person. I remember when I was about 18 years old, I began to have serious doubts about God. And I remember writing an essay to the effect that what could life's meaning possibly be, without God? Now, I am not what is called a "believer" but I believe there is a higher power of some kind. I'm not an atheist. It would be hard for me to imagine being an atheist -- there is just so much massive evidence of a higher power all around and within us. Thank you, Avisa, for contributing to this thread.