Are you stopping yourself recovering from mental illness?

You are more than your diagnosis.

There is a real risk of over identifying with your mental illness, and subsequently not trying as hard to recover from it.

I know this from first hand experience. For most of my life I have been dealing with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and dissociation. When my mental health is bad, it is terrible, however, there is something about it that almost feels positive — my suffering provides me with an identity.

I am mentally ill. It causes me to suffer, and that...