Posted by smokeymadison on January 23, 2005, at 23:01:28
In reply to Re: do you define yourself by your disorder(s)? » smokeymadison, posted by Atticus on January 23, 2005, at 20:34:21
so you have been at it for nine years now. i have been there for four. but a lot of my diagnoses are pretty recent. less than a year for the BPD and bipolar disorder. does it get easier over time to distinguish btw yourself and your mental disorders? my therapists have tried to get me to view all my thoughts and behaviors that are not "normal" as disease. i resist thinking that because it is ME that acts and thinks the way i do. is it helpful to draw a line between yourself and your "pathology?"
SM
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