It should be clear that 'depression doesn't exist' & 'make mental illness an identity & celebrate it' are both unhelpful.
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Obviously, people are willing to take offence at both & read belittling or erasing motivations into either.
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I will go with the former because I don't like to be referred to as 'an epileptic.' But I don't assume ppl intend to belittle me with it.
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The intense focus on language gets too much but there's value in observing how people frame things about themselves & mirroring it.
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I think we often do this naturally to some extent. I will adopt other people's frames of reference & terminology semi-intentionally.
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I'd usually pick the shorter form for convenience. But I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't always see the different implications.
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To me, both have the same meaning. Therefor I'd pick whatever is easier/quicker to write. Especially on... let's say Twitter.
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If I was to write something with a minimum word count, I'd go for the longer version just to reach it faster out of laziness.
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Something you have vs something you are. The latter better-describes a stigma.
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thats the smaller problem. (naming) on one side a lot of denial and on the other romanticizing. whilst the afflicted just want to be healthy
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In hospital, doctors say a person "has a diagnosis of schizophrenia", not that they are " schizophrenic" .
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