Posted by Christ_empowered on February 3, 2015, at 20:49:46
My official diagnosis is Bipolar I w/psychotic features. In all likelihood, if my people hadn't moved up in the world and thrown their support behind me, I'd be diagnosed with schizophrenia, on a court order, and chillin' in a group home.
The community has voted me schizophrenic...largely because of "poor life choices." Being schizophrenic isn't really about a disease state, its a social role.
Undoubtedly, I have mental problems. What's odd is that I'm actually, officially, "in recovery," and doing surprisingly well. The community has voted me "schizophrenic," so with that comes some more leeway and space, but also invalidation.
Just thought I'd throw this out there.
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