You are not a diagnosis.

Are your friends and family labeling you with your diagnosis and treating you like you are “sick?”  Here is what I tell my clients: You are not a diagnosis. Keep focused on the big picture —who you are to yourself and to others, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Remind yourself every day that you are a fascinating, multi-dimensional individual with a past, a present and a future that belongs to you and you alone. And remind all your friends and family members that you are the same person you have always been.  Yes, with a few new challenges.  But the same you.  And let them know how they support you in taking the best possible care of yourself, what you need and what you don’t need.  You’re in charge.