Coming out with an impairment can be challenging due to the stigmas around them. This also reminds me of our discussion that some people do not want the label of disability whereas others are proud to embrace it. People who share a disability are still vastly different from one another, but I think we tend to categorize these similarities without noting differences.

This section causes me to think about disability in terms of cure. As someone who identifies as able bodied, I am curious to know what many people with BPD think about curing the disorder. I know many people are medicated, but is that thought of as a cure? What "counts" and "doesn't count" as a cure, and which disabilities should and shouldn't be "cured"?

The seemingly positive aspects of the author's bipolar disorder are similar to our discussion of disability as separate from impairment. As we discussed in class, impairment is not inherently good or bad, but it is important to acknowledge that many impairments can cause both physical and mental pain. Society disables people who struggle with BPD, but the impairment in itself can still cause suffering for those who have the disorder. Looking at the impairment with a sense of jealousy, as the author stated their friends did, is in a way ignoring the difficulties that come with an impairment.

This reminds me a lot of Crip Time from week one. In particular, it reminds me of Carolyn Lizard's video showing the pills being put into the container. Crip time does not simply have to be on a daily basis, but as seen here, crip time can work on monthly scales with changing moods or levels of confusion that can be disabling in our society.