identity

Be yourself DSM, farts, identity, mental illness, psychiatry, psychology, recovery, relationships, self, stigma, work

You are not your farts or your mental illness symptoms.

December 12, 2016 Mark

I got this question over on the EHAB Tumblr: Can I ask why it’s not good to define yourself based on your mental illness? I mean I understand that I am complex and interesting beyond my depression, but sometimes I feel like people who say things like that are trying to get me to stop…

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The Failure Creed

November 13, 2014 Mark

I will fail because trying not to fail has only made things worse. I will fail my assumptions about other people and let them fill in the gaps with the truth. I will fail so I make progress. I will fail at lifting heavy things in my life, and then I’ll fail again and again…