I used to think that mental health issues made me fragile. As though being given meds meant I have disability, or less able than someone not on the same kinds of meds I take. It’s honestly not true that anyone is any more able than you are, the meds are to help you not to hurt you. Even with so called “disability” it’s easy to think that you’re somehow more fragile as a human being. That’s not true whether you’re fit, not fit, working, not working, blogging, or watching tv, you’re human and entitled to the same happiness and potential abilities in life, even if it doesn’t feel that way. Believe in yourself.
In fact medications can “help lower the intensity of overwhelming emotions and make constant vulnerability or distress feel more manageable.” [1] The truth is you get to decide what defines you in life, don’t be hard on yourself or be affected by any stigma associated with what meds you take or diagnoses you’ve been given in life.
If you don’t self-identify with what it’s called, then you don’t have to accept that seemingly denomination in life. Keep your head up, and don’t allow it to hurt your feelings, people know no more about mental heath issues than you do, that’s what makes you the expert. There are things to be said about those willing to share their experiences out loud, that takes bravery. Medical care is intended to help you not hurt you don’t worry what people think you come first.
Don’t allow a diagnosis to affect how you feel about yourself or determine who you think you are in the eyes of another who doesn’t know you so well, or skeptical of what you have to say about life as lived through your own experiences in life coping with difficult or challenging circumstances in life. It all takes adjustment. You can’t control what people think or how they come to understand a diagnosis or disability in life, as they always say, rise above.
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