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Scenario

How to separate your identity from your mental health story

My whole family talks about our mental illness like it is our identity and I want to be more than my diagnosis but I do not know how.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Diagnostic narratives have become totalizing identity structures that limit possibilities for growth and change.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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