Your Diagnosis Is Not Your Identity #shorts #mentalhealth

Labels hold us back and keep us small. The way we label ourselves can create a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think you’re a loser, you won’t try for goals you want to achieve, further “proving” that you are a loser. Self-labeling can act as handcuffs that limit your potential. While labeling a medical or mental disorder can sometimes be helpful, it can also condense someone into just a label. Calling someone an addict summarizes their whole being into one aspect of their life. Labels are black and white, but the world is more complicated than that. Your identity is not composed of one label. You are the sum of many different aspects of your personality and experience that come together to form a unique person (citation: LinkedIn).
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