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How to rewrite shame narratives around mental illness

I realized I have been treating my depression like a character flaw instead of an illness and I do not know how to separate who I am from how I feel.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Moral interpretations of psychological suffering create additional layers of self-attack that complicate natural healing processes.

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