This all so so resonated with me but particularly this -- “The need to tether my identity to psychiatry as a paradoxical way to advocate for attention and support, diversity and inclusion has gone.” -- I know we’ve touched on the convoluted heaviness of The Bipolar Diagnosis before but as someone simultaneously trying to untether myself from its missteps and normalize it for myself, the internet is not always a safe place to nurture any willingness to take responsibility and agency for ourselves/our behavior. I so appreciate your perspective on this, as always
WHEW, this is incredible thinking-through. Thank you for sharing the process and the weaving and connecting these dots.
This all so so resonated with me but particularly this -- “The need to tether my identity to psychiatry as a paradoxical way to advocate for attention and support, diversity and inclusion has gone.” -- I know we’ve touched on the convoluted heaviness of The Bipolar Diagnosis before but as someone simultaneously trying to untether myself from its missteps and normalize it for myself, the internet is not always a safe place to nurture any willingness to take responsibility and agency for ourselves/our behavior. I so appreciate your perspective on this, as always