I spend a great deal of time each day attempting to "distill" things around me down to their simplest form. For instance, when faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself two questions:

                         1. If I were to do this thing, what is the absolute worst

                            thing that could happen to me:, and

                         2. can I live with that

If the answer is yes, I go ahead; if not, I don't*.

With that in mind,

if you could boil your illness down to one word,

what would it be?   

* Actually, when the answer is no, I do one of two things. If I am manic, I go ahead and do it any way; if I'm depressed, I avoid even considering the question. I guess I could ask myself, "Why ask the question. No matter what I'm going to do it, right?