【Translation】You Are Mentally Ill Vs. You Have a Mental Illness: Knowing the Difference | Tales of Manic Depression
来源：blogs.psychcentral.com
你是什么或你有什么。它们之间有什么区别？对你及我们生活的世界究竟意味着什么？人们怎样回应那些表述精神疾病的语言？你有什么与你是什么之间有什么差别？比如说，我被诊断有II型双向障碍。有些人会说"哦，你有躁狂抑郁症。"或是"哦，你是躁狂抑郁症。"最近，我开始思考这两种相近措辞之间的细微差异。人们说你是什么的时候，更倾向于对你定义。你倾向于把自己看作疾病，尽管它只是你许多特质之一。当说你有什么的时候，暗示着除了你的精神疾病之外，你还有许多的其它的特质；不对你定义歧视。当你说你是什么的时候，你可能忽视了可能并没有这回事的事实。你的精神疾病只是你的一部分，而不是你的所有。它并不能定义你。
记住:无论别人怎么评价你或称呼你，无论你的精神诊断是什么，它都只是你的一个方面。人类是非常复杂的，包含很多随个人体验而不停变化的人格特质。具体来说，承受的精神疾病之苦带来的变化，不可能让你成为一个精神健康世界之外人群所无法理解的精神病人。因此，简单来说，你是精神疾病只是一个方便的头衔。当你说你是一个病人时，这就阻止人们接受关于精神健康的教育，可能会导致你把定义为病人。记住这些，并注意他人的措辞。成为什么和拥有什么之间大有差异。明白这点差异可以帮你理解精神健康体验，帮你意识到当别人说你是什么只会加重孤独感，增加其烙印，并妨碍了社会群体学习精神健康的能力。
不得不说的是，无论你是否是精神病者，每个人都有点什么，但没有人是什么。
You Are Mentally Ill Vs. You Have a Mental Illness: Knowing the Difference | Tales of Manic Depression
From: blogs.psychcentral.com
You are something or you have something. What is the difference and what does that mean to you and the world we live in? How do people respond to language that communicates a mental illness and what is the difference between you are X or you have X? For example, I am diagnosed with Bipolar II. Some people say "Oh you have manic depression" or "Oh you are manic depressive." Recently, I pondered this slight twist of diction in a sentence because there is a difference. When someone says you ARE something it tends to define you. You tend to think of yourself as the disease when really it is simply one aspect amongst a long list of attributes that constitute our being. When you HAVE something there leaves room for other aspects of your individuality to be recognized and leaves little room for your mental illness to define you which can result in you being stereotyped or discriminated against. When you told you ARE something, you might lose sight of the fact that there is no such thing. Your mental illness is something you HAVE but it's not something that you ARE. It doesn't define you.
Despite what people say about you or "call you" it's important to remember that whatever your mental illness diagnosis is, it is one aspect of your being. Human beings are complicated and a sum of personality attributes coupled with personal experiences which are constantly in flux. And more specifically, the changes one undergoes having a mental illness makes it impossible to be a mental illness which some of society outside the mental health world simply do not understand. Hence, the simplicity of you ARE mentally ill. It's a convenient title. When you say you ARE an illness it stops the ability for people to be educated on mental health, and may cause you to define yourself as your illness. Keep that in mind and pay attention to the verbiage of others. There is a big difference from being something and having something, and knowing that difference will help you better understand your mental health experience and help you better be aware of the unfortunate fact that others saying you are something only perpetuates isolation and stigmatization and impedes societies ability to learn about mental health.
Having said that, whether you are mentally ill or not, everyone has something, but no one is something.
你是什么或你有什么。它们之间有什么区别？对你及我们生活的世界究竟意味着什么？人们怎样回应那些表述精神疾病的语言？你有什么与你是什么之间有什么差别？比如说，我被诊断有II型双向障碍。有些人会说"哦，你有躁狂抑郁症。"或是"哦，你是躁狂抑郁症。"最近，我开始思考这两种相近措辞之间的细微差异。人们说你是什么的时候，更倾向于对你定义。你倾向于把自己看作疾病，尽管它只是你许多特质之一。当说你有什么的时候，暗示着除了你的精神疾病之外，你还有许多的其它的特质；不对你定义歧视。当你说你是什么的时候，你可能忽视了可能并没有这回事的事实。你的精神疾病只是你的一部分，而不是你的所有。它并不能定义你。
记住:无论别人怎么评价你或称呼你，无论你的精神诊断是什么，它都只是你的一个方面。人类是非常复杂的，包含很多随个人体验而不停变化的人格特质。具体来说，承受的精神疾病之苦带来的变化，不可能让你成为一个精神健康世界之外人群所无法理解的精神病人。因此，简单来说，你是精神疾病只是一个方便的头衔。当你说你是一个病人时，这就阻止人们接受关于精神健康的教育，可能会导致你把定义为病人。记住这些，并注意他人的措辞。成为什么和拥有什么之间大有差异。明白这点差异可以帮你理解精神健康体验，帮你意识到当别人说你是什么只会加重孤独感，增加其烙印，并妨碍了社会群体学习精神健康的能力。
不得不说的是，无论你是否是精神病者，每个人都有点什么，但没有人是什么。
You Are Mentally Ill Vs. You Have a Mental Illness: Knowing the Difference | Tales of Manic Depression
From: blogs.psychcentral.com
You are something or you have something. What is the difference and what does that mean to you and the world we live in? How do people respond to language that communicates a mental illness and what is the difference between you are X or you have X? For example, I am diagnosed with Bipolar II. Some people say "Oh you have manic depression" or "Oh you are manic depressive." Recently, I pondered this slight twist of diction in a sentence because there is a difference. When someone says you ARE something it tends to define you. You tend to think of yourself as the disease when really it is simply one aspect amongst a long list of attributes that constitute our being. When you HAVE something there leaves room for other aspects of your individuality to be recognized and leaves little room for your mental illness to define you which can result in you being stereotyped or discriminated against. When you told you ARE something, you might lose sight of the fact that there is no such thing. Your mental illness is something you HAVE but it's not something that you ARE. It doesn't define you.
Despite what people say about you or "call you" it's important to remember that whatever your mental illness diagnosis is, it is one aspect of your being. Human beings are complicated and a sum of personality attributes coupled with personal experiences which are constantly in flux. And more specifically, the changes one undergoes having a mental illness makes it impossible to be a mental illness which some of society outside the mental health world simply do not understand. Hence, the simplicity of you ARE mentally ill. It's a convenient title. When you say you ARE an illness it stops the ability for people to be educated on mental health, and may cause you to define yourself as your illness. Keep that in mind and pay attention to the verbiage of others. There is a big difference from being something and having something, and knowing that difference will help you better understand your mental health experience and help you better be aware of the unfortunate fact that others saying you are something only perpetuates isolation and stigmatization and impedes societies ability to learn about mental health.
Having said that, whether you are mentally ill or not, everyone has something, but no one is something.
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