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Old May 27, 2013, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Peepshowgirl View Post
"the only limitations you have are the ones you place on yourself"

While I appreciate the sentiment here, I have to say... this makes me feel really sad. It sounds a lot like, "You're to blame for your own limitations".... and this is the exact same kind of shaming self-talk I use (against myself) when I feel like I can't do something. In truth, I have a MEDICAL condition, requiring both therapy (to work on the limitations I set for myself) and medicine (to work on the physiological aspects of my disorder.) I am responsible for my own self care but I do have a mental ILLNESS.

what if one doesn't agree with medical model? No offense, but due to lack of tests to prove medical problem causing it... maybe you set your limitations further. And maybe your treatment team is setting your limitations each time they drop the "you are ill" line. I had been told to drop out of university (cause of "illness"). I knew few others who been told not to have high hopes of having a life... cause "illness". That is setting of limitations.
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