a good phrase for mental illness

insomniac-arrest:

sometimes I see posts around tumblr about mental illness basically justifying shitty behavior as something ND people can’t help and thus should be accepted/go uncontested, which is not only fucked up but dehumanizing to people with ND I have to say

a good phrase in order to take action to change habits and also assuage the guilt and shame that comes with ND is ‘while it is not my fault, it is my responsibility’

my therapist taught me this phrase and I find it very relevant to restoring my power and seeing my actions not as inevitable and my choices as nonexistent, but as something I can’t always help, but can always do something about

the ability to feel like you have freedom of choice and personal agency is key to recovery and tumblr saying that these don’t exist within ND people is very harmful and hurts not only our healthy coping tools but dehumanizes us by saying we are helpless to our own biology in all circumstances

yes, our actions can be limited, but they are still ours, and if ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ holds true it means that we too still have power to shape our own future, lives, and selves