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Old Mar 25, 2013, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by George H. View Post
Does your illness define your life or is it just an issue you deal with?
just something I have to deal with...if it was my life then I would not have the job I have, would not have accomplished going to college, getting my degree, became a therapist... i would not have met the woman who became my wife, would not have had a honeymoon in Niagra Falls, would not be pregnant, would not have this computer, would not have the clothes on my back....

if my mental disorders (dissociative disorders, past diagnosis of DID, bipolar disorder, Seasonal Depression, PTSD, Multiple Sclerosis, eating disorder, and others) was my life I would still be DID, would still be laying in my room depressed,.... only to come out to go to my treatment providers, short version my mental disorder would be running me not me in control of my life..

sure I have to take the time to go to my treatment providers, make sure I take my meds but theres so much more to my life then my mental disorders..

Im a woman who is married to a wonderful woman, will soon be a mom to a precious child..I am a woman with a full time job in a crisis center and hospital, I am a college student, sometimes Im a window washer, dish washer, a person who does many hobbies and physical activities...all of which have nothing to do with my mental disorders..