I agree. You have bipolar, but you are not made of bipolar. You have many different parts that make you who you are and she wants you to define yourself by those things and not by your illness. For example, I'm a mom, a wife, a writer, a daughter, a singer, I enjoy art and music and movies, I play video games and draw and crochet and I even like watching tv, especially comedy. I also happen to have bipolar, but that doesn't mean it is the only thing I am.