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Me and mental disorders: a story about stigma, diagnosis and recovery

I've been hearing pretty much all my 20-something life "think positive" or "stop thinking negative" or "if you think negative that's all you'll attract". Sure, it's easy enough for a "normal" person to push away less pleasant thoughts, but what about someone who tries and tries again and again and fails? Who fails to be "positive" like "the others". These two words have been foreign to me for a long time now.