What labels do you put on yourself?

[CraftyTurtle]

In a bout of depression recently, I listed (verbally) a whole bunch of negaitive words about myself....

lazy, useless, a waste of space, flawed, grumpy, fat, messy, distant, uncommunicative, whiny, slow, easily distracted...

then I discovered the words were a bit closer to reality....

difficulty focussing, anxious, depressed, worried, tired, ...

And then I realised I am not a bad person, I just have bipolar disorder.

 

[quietpraiyze]

I don't put labels on myself too much anymore, but I do feel them from other people. Especially Christians when I won't go along with their stuff. All I know is that I have to live with God and myself and I can't go along with pretense or lying. That's just not me. Not to mention the fact that deceit messes with my bipolar. So I pay the price as usual which is alienation but you never align with slewfoot because he'll do you in every time. I know in the long run through trial and error, it's better to stay with the Lord. He has the better track record and He's true to His Word. People come and people go but Christ is forever....

Thanks for letting me ramble

 

[Jeshu]

In a bout of depression recently, I listed (verbally) a whole bunch of negaitive words about myself....

lazy, useless, a waste of space, flawed, grumpy, fat, messy, distant, uncommunicative, whiny, slow, easily distracted...

then I discovered the words were a bit closer to reality....

difficulty focussing, anxious, depressed, worried, tired, ...

And then I realised I am not a bad person, I just have bipolar disorder.

lazy, useless, a waste of space, flawed, grumpy, fat, messy, distant, uncommunicative, whiny, slow, easily distracted...

Satan's henchmen love identifying us with labels like that........

Being a Child of God/the truth saves us seeing ourselves like that.

Like you say then you realised that you were not a bad person, but just an ill person.

That is the truth, don't let go of Him!