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Old Apr 12, 2013, 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by sidestepper View Post
Gotta agree w/ the so called anti-stigma ads increasing stigma. There is one that keeps playing here where all these folks come out wearing sweatshirts or Teeshirts w/ a LABEL on it, like depression, bipolar, PTSD, partner, sister--OK I get it one person is a label and illness the other is a sister, spouse, brother etc. What happened to I'm not my illness? I have PTSD, not I am PTSD?

Gee thanks very much, pass the label please.

I have honestly never seen someone say 'I am (insert diisorder)' in my life. Not sure where the idea people view themselves as their illness comes from or what exactly that means....but I hear it a lot. And I wonder who all these people claiming to be their illness are.