This is not to discredit your comment, but sometimes that statement is a coin of two sides.

There are times when we need to be able to acknowledge ourselves as "good" and "unique"
but there are, also, times when the use of that statement is a bit of a cop out. We use it to justify not trying or making the effort to take on and overcome a challenge. By saying that I am what I am, my own creation we're leaving the door open to allow shortcomings or negatives to hold us down.

The question comes back, "Sure you are what you are in your own creation, but is that someone who is in control or someone who is just floating along with whatever happens?"

This is why my thread is specifically in relation to making that claim that "I Am Somebody." Take a look at the poem I referenced. It is a statement of overcoming the challenges.

It's not just a statement of being. Instead by citing a challenge and replying to it that "I am somebody" it's a statement of empowerment. It's declaring "No! This will not hold me back. This will not keep me from overcoming a challenge!"

Many times when dealing with our mental health issues we have to take on the challenge that our condition will not stop us from overcoming it and achieving everything we are meant to achieve.

On a slight side note, I find it so uplifting that in my blog post I was making a declaration against being unemployed. So here I decide to create this thread and low and behold I get a job this week.