In the past several articles and a video presentation, I have shared what I believe is limiting and undermining individuals who are presented with diagnosis’ and prognosis’. I went on to share, how coupled with a label and a societal stigmatization, a diagnosis’ and prognosis’ serve to place people in “boxes”, that often become their identities. I went on to share that the medical model, a label and a societal stigmatization create secondary dependencies and secondary gains that keep people trapped in the “box” through a combined belief system.
Through my recovery process, I began to realize that I needed to look beyond a diagnosis, prognosis and what I experienced as a result of societal stigmatization. With my awareness, I began to realize that I was not a diagnosis, a prognosis or a label. I began to realize that my identity lied in the road before me. I began to realize that how I treated myself and allowed other people to treat me strongly contributed to how I saw myself. With my awareness, I realized the I needed to examine the beliefs that I held about myself.
Through my recovery process, I discovered that I had been using huge amounts of time and energy to maintain beliefs that both limited and undermined. Through my recovery process, I discovered that these limiting beliefs held me hostage in the “box”. Through my recovery process, I discovered that these limiting beliefs served to undermine my self-esteem, self-worth and self-value. Through my recovery process, I discovered that these limiting beliefs taught me how to treat myself. Through my recovery process, I discovered that the limiting beliefs that I held about myself, also taught other people how to treat me.
Through my recovery process, I discovered that I needed to change these limiting beliefs, so that I could re-teach both myself and other people how to treat me. Through my recovery process, I discovered that I needed to change these limiting beliefs, so that I could stop believing that I needed to remain in the “box” given to me by a diagnosis, a prognosis, a label and a societal stigmatization.
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