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There are different ways to 'benefit' from one's diagnoses, one of them is to use it as an excuse for certain behaviors, whether to others or probably more commonly to oneself.
But something related recently came up in a different forum, which got me thinking about how I've noticed that for some people a diagnosis can kind of usurp one's identity -if you are always seeing how you behave, how you think, how you experience things through the lens of your diagnoses, you can lose your 'self' in this, looking and finding (or thinking/hoping you're finding) that all and sundry are indications of and/or proof of the diagnosis.
As far as a benefit to the above, I think that if one already has a kind of shaky identity, not a strong sense of self, a diagnosis can provide that solidity one craves. The danger is that it can narrow down considerably the possibilities of who you were in the past, who you are in the present, and who you can become in the future, impede/deflect a more open and deep exploration of the many facets of your identity, where you come from, where you're going.
Last edited by ultramar; May 09, 2013 at 09:49 PM.
Reason: not thread, meant forum
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