» "I'm Not Sick, I Have an Illness!"
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“…I contend that there is an even greater stigma that an individual with a mental illness must address, the stigma and limitations which he/she places on himself/herself as the result of this diagnosis. Many individuals, whether they are newly diagnosed or one who has battled mental illness for years, allow their mental illness to be the center of their identity. It is the ‘colored glasses’ through which they look at the world and thus react or respond to it…”
