I've had a diagnosis of bipolar since 2012, and was diagnosed bipolar 1 in 2014. I still question the label, even though I know intellectually that it's the right one for me. I wondered for most of my life what was wrong with me, and why I struggled so much in life. The label gave me something I could point to as a reason for so much of what I've experienced---the highs, the lows, the joy, the pain, the wonder, the sheer intensity of it all...sometimes overwhelming, but (almost) always worthwhile.