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Originally Posted by scaredandconfused
"I have" for sure. Think about how "I am" works for other illnesses:
"I am cancer"
"I am diabetes"
"I am depression"
It sounds quite silly, doesn't it?  But for some reason with Bipolar Disorder, it is quite popular to say "I am Bipolar". Same goes for "I am OCD". Perhaps because some people feel like the illness defines them as a person, which is rather unfortunate. We are so much more than our diagnoses. |
I actually included this as part of my discourse.
I agree these things sound silly. We are not these things we have these things. They do not define us. We are "Robin, I have cancer." But my argument for the other, I "am" is that the illness DOES define us.
Oh well, each to their own.