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Old Jul 20, 2014, 06:56 PM
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A label is just a label and is really only useful to help you get services, otherwise you spend so much time twisting yourself to fit the label. I was misdiagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at one point and totally overidentified and found myself limiting myself and deciding I couldn't do things like socialize and make eye contact... total BS. I can socialize fine, and eye contact is a little unnatural but I'm fine with it. But I had decided that this label meant I was incompetent at some things. I'm so glad I'm not defining myself like that any more.

It might serve you better to let go of labels and find someone who will treat the symptoms you DO have. No one fits a label perfectly.
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Underneath this skin there's a human
Buried deep within there's a human
And despite everything I'm still human
I think that I'm still human
Thanks for this!
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