Took two years for me to realize this. Life gets much easier when you stop telling the whole world you are bipolar. Now i only talk to my family and whoever I am in an actual relationship with about my stuff. I may in passing offer small bits of my life if mental health topics come up.

This is a medical condition to me. I would never go "hi i am ____ and I have low blood pressure" why would I do the same for this?

I'm so happy my self identity has grown to this point. It would be a nightmare if the only noticeable thing about me was mental disorder. Cheers yall