I Am Not My Mental Health

I Am Not My Mental Health

No matter how many times my mind wants me to believe that this concept is untrue, I am not my mental health.

No matter how many people may tell me that my mental health will dictate my life, I am not my mental health.

Rather I am a compassionate, loving human being that sacrifices so much for other people.

I am someone that wants to better improve myself, so that I can honestly say and believe that I am not the product of my mental health.

I do not want to care about other people’s judgments of my mental health.

I want to love myself so much that I will realize their judgments and opinions are of little value.

I was not my mental health, I am not my mental health, and I will never just be my mental health. I was, I am, and I will be so much more.

Rachel, in her late 20s, is a wife, daughter, and mental health advocate who lives with anxiety and bipolar disorder. Rachel creates poetry to express her ideas, thoughts, and hopes for the future.

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