You are NOT your Diagnosis!

I have been preaching for years to individuals dealing with mental health issues that “you are NOT your diagnosis!” But I heard this concept said in a much more eloquent and universally applied way today.

Brian R. King, who has MS, cancer, ADHD, and dyslexia, said of his “issues” this: “Those illnesses I deal with day to day are not my headline; they are simply articles or even paragraphs of who I am.”

What a f*cking awesome way to look at yourself as so much more than just the obstacles you face!

To apply this idea to yourself, don’t pigeonhole your identity as a trauma or cancer survivor, an addict, a widow, a dropout, or even a college graduate, husband, social worker etc. etc., etc. You are SO much more than those things. So much.

The problem comes in if you have no idea what your headline is. But that’s for a different post.