Comments on: You know you are getting better when you want to be you

By: Bobbi J

Bobbi J — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:51:49 +0000

I am working on liking to be me. With multiple Diagnosis and Dual Dx. I have a hard time figuring out who I am. I take moment by moment decisions now with much more thought- Am I doing this because this make ME happy, or because I think I SHOULD? I don’t believe we ever know who we are- we are changing all the time. Live for this 24 hours.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:13 +0000

I asked my therapist and physician this question about 6 months ago,… “If I need medication to feel better, than who am I really?” I honestly never thought I would get to the point where I could answer this question, until now.
Yesterday (as a matter of fact)I finally felt normal, like myself. It has taken 10 months on medication and nearly losing myself for me to finally say that I am on the right track to being me again. What a wondeful feeling this is!

By: jimena2008

jimena2008 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:27:38 +0000

I love being me. I think this is the primary state of mind if it weren’t for nuture, culture, families & biology. Once I finally cleaned out the negativity of my thinking, I loved being me. Not because I did anything particularly special or interesting but simply because I am. We all are, and until we can appreciate that mindfully, we will not feel love for self.

By: PsychCentral

PsychCentral — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:31:20 +0000

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By: Hillary_C

Hillary_C — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:21:04 +0000

I really like this!
At this point in my (mid)life, I am glad to be me, and I worked pretty hard to get here.
I am still sad about some of the things that came before, but I figure those experiences made me who I am today and I like her.
So, I try to come to terms with the past, mourn it and heal it, but I can’t go back and change it so I must accept it as part of the me that I like today.

By: Michael Lasalandra

Michael Lasalandra — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:23 +0000

Wouldn’t have known any of this working with you back then. You hid it well.

By: Serial Insomniac

Serial Insomniac — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:28:18 +0000

I’m afraid I have to disagree. Even though I have episodes of self-loathing, they tend to be circumstantial; in general, I actually quite like myself. However, I am diagnosed with bipolar disorder and borderline personality, as well as clinical depression and anxiety.

I used to perpetually hate myself, but obviously as stated as a general rule I no longer do so. Nevertheless, if anything my mental health has deteriorated recently, so seems mostly unrelated to my views about myself.