Through therapy, I came to understand that it was my acceptance of the doctor’s label, not the infection, that had done the real damage. Overcoming the label of “sick person” and getting back to being me took a tremendous amount of work. This is the power of labels to steer us off course. Think about some of your own labels, the ideas you have about yourself or that others have put on you. A few unexamined words can stand in the way of your becoming the person you want to be.
