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You Are Not Your Disorder
It’s not your fault.
I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I’m not shy about talking about it. It affects my life and my business.
And to be honest, the real reason is that I refuse to have even a tiny little part in this country’s repression of mental health discussions.
The United States places very little importance on good mental health. We claim to support our troops but have little in the way of mental health support after their service is complete, and the PTSD and suicide rates among former military members are sadly high.
We claim we want to help people, yet we have few to no regulations about selling guns to people with a history of mental illness, resulting in so many mass shootings.
We grow up with a “suck it up” attitude thrown around, a stigma attached to therapy, and a general distaste for lifelong medications. For putting “chemicals” in our bodies.
Which is ludicrous, everything is a chemical, including water and salt.
Depression, anxiety, insomnia, these are diseases and disorders.
You didn’t CAUSE your depression or anxiety, any more than someone caused their own lupus or asthma.
