Sometimes as the result of experiencing serious mental illness, or because the system forces us to define ourselves as disabled in order to get the help we need, we end up feeling like ‘damaged goods’.
When you go the grocery store, ‘damaged goods’ are in a mark-down bin or on the shelf with clearance items, with cans and packages that are dented and scarred, but still for sale.
Most of the time when we get home and open them, there is nothing wrong with the contents.
Despite the negative impact of serious and persistent mental illness, we shouldn’t think of ourselves as ‘damaged goods’ because there’s nothing wrong with the content.
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