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I think if one has a shaky sense of identity, a mental illness diagnoses can also fill that hole, where a strong grounded sense of who one is is lacking.
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I like that quite a lot, and absolutely agree (that's why recovery can be so terrifying, with my ED for example).
I wasn't talking about thinking you have a mental illness when you don't (though I see that a lot too, like you said especially with bipolar disorder), but actually inducing one for..x, fill in the blank reason. I think I made kind of a shot in the dark creating this thread, but thanks for everyone's input.