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When healing feels like losing yourself

My depression is lifting through meditation but now I don't know who I am without my sadness and it's terrifying to feel like I'm disappearing.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery from mental illness can trigger existential anxiety when suffering has become central to one's sense of identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with No-self and identity in Buddhist thought?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.