I was going to create a thread like this, you beat me to it! I was going to ask if people blamed themselves for feeling like they do, despite being diagnosed as having a mental illness. For me despite having depression I still blame myself for feeling this way, for some reason I just can't reconcile myself with having an 'illness' and feel I'm just a weak character. I can't differentiate between feeling ill and my personality. Is my personality just feeble? etc. I think it's partly because I've had mental health problems since I was a child, so I can't remember *not* feeling anxious/depressed/mood swings.
By the way, I'm not saying depression isn't an illness or anything, I'm just discussing how I feel. I wish I could accept that I actually have an illness, then maybe I wouldn't feel so much guilt.
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