Bipolar is hard because you over think things, you can't sleep. Depression is a very dark and lonely road but the average person will never understand how you feel or what you are going through.
Getting out of bed is an challenge, finding the courage to get through the day. It is really an endless battle with your emotions. Taking things personally all the time thinking people are talking about you, you always feel like you need to prove yourself.
Well mental illness does not mean you are stupid or that you are any less of a person it just means that you see the world differently to others.