proud and not ashamed

[shadow-light]

I was havng a discussion on another site earlier abotu mental illness... all I did was tell someone my diagnosis and some told me to "get a life and stop feeling sorry for myself" then they went on to say that I should be ashamed of myself for even admitting that I had any mental disorders...


and I realised something... I don't feel sorry for myself. I used to, but I have not for years. I get frustrated by my conditions, but I don't feel sorry for myself, why shoud I? all of my conditions are coping mechanisms,they show my strength and creativity as I managed to survive some siturations that the human mind was not designed to survive so it had to adapt, which it did.

I am proud of who I am and how far I've come.



Our diagnosises do not difine us, they are only a small part of who we are. Why should we be ashamed of these things?

[vixxiv]

I lived by labels, but I also realized, labels are not us; we have problems, and we have to live with them, and it's ok, because we're trying to better ourselves.

Good for you for this post because I know there are alot of people who are ashamed.

[Absynnthe]

This made me smile. :)

[Fry]

Nice post.
You should be proud of how you have managed to cope :)
Not ashamed at all, of course not.

xx

[crazykat]

Good on you hunny, so you should be proud of how you have survived and how far you have come.

[Mrs Sam]

:) i'm pleased you are able to be this way. its a really good attitute to have.

[one_step_closer]

Good for you!

[Stellata]

:)

Others who know nothing of what it's like to live with what we do should not have the power to make us feel ashamed. Sadly they try.

[consequential]

Who the f8ck was it anyway
we are diagnosed but is it who we really are ?
ect ect
i dont know who i am and dont want to know either

[AMCarmody]

Great post!

Bipolar. It's a part of who I am, but does not entirely define me. Maybe not proud of it during my episodes, but definitely not ashamed.

i agree, you have no reason to be ashamed. it is not all of you, but it is a part of you. and you have no reason to be ashamed of a part of you that you never asked for and could not control. good for you in not listening to that idiot!

[el_jumbel]

Sounds like your positive attitude will take you a long way, i think it takes a lot of maturity to get to that stage, your right to be proud!

[Scarletdreamer]

Good attitude. I do have times when I feel sorry for myself and think that life isn't fair (which it isn't :P) but honestly, I don't really feel sorry for myself much anymore. The disorders have integrated themselves into who I am, instead of vise versa... I am not my disorders, my disorders are only part of who I am. Hope that makes sense!!

Keep up that attitude. It'll take you far. :) *hugs*

[bobbiwibble]

:) i like this post, thanks for sharing!

[Gone.]

I like this post :)

And it does irritate me that people who are completely clueless think they have the right and the knowledge to make us feel bad about who we are.