Hi Johnny, I'd say that having an MI doesn't define you. No "label" alone defines who you are, who you are as a person. It isn't your identity, that isn't ever all you are.
Sure it can effect you, sometimes severely, but there is still a person underneath there. And why on earth shouldn't that person be a good person. It might not be easy (even possible) to explicitly show that at times, it might not be recognized by some others at times, but that doesn't need to mean that they aren't still a good person.
And **** plenty of people battle with the hardest effects of MI and still try to be/do or think of others as much as they can (however much they're actually able too/when they are able to) so even if they "appear" to be not a "good person" then they can still be a much better person than a lot of the people who actually aren't facing that battle.
And **** if you're having a anxiety attack, if you're depressed, if you're manic, if you're feeling/seeing flashbacks/there in the moment or living the effects of..........how is that you choosing that???? How is that "just" who you are???? It's not!!!

And that's my view , hope I've gone a way to convincing you!!!!



Alison