Mental illness self-misunderstanding

They understand that they are mentally ill and that their moods are abnormal, but don't seem to fully grasp that their entire worldview is dysfunctional. In this way they compartmentalise their condition as something they have, and are able to avow or disavow as they see fit, rather than something they fundamentally are.The diagnosis is just a term for a range of visible symptoms. What's wrong with the depressed person is not depression, but their entire subjectivity — that which produces the symptoms we can see and diagnose.— Anonymous, 21 Sep 2019Mental illness
Category:Mental illness