Hi HenryX @HenryX 

Thankyou so much for taking the time to respond, I just finished reading your response to @LostAngel also. I very much enjoy your insights and your skillful wording of things. 

I agree with you, just because I was diagnosed didn't mean that suddenly I was a different person or anything less than I was before but unfortunately this is the way that it was perceived and ultimately led to the breakdown of familial relationships. Living the best life possible is the only way I could move forward and make meaning out of a horrible situation. I feel like I have been pretty successful at living my best life possible. I love my Husband and children so very much and am lucky and blessed to have them in my life. I do have work to do with a psychologist regarding my childhood trauma and the ways that it still affects my life today! It is a common story isn't it? Childhood trauma and mental illness seem to go together.

Looking forward to getting to know you better

Meggle