Sense of Self
labelling me
invades my sense of self
it assaults my identity
to deny me,
my voice,
suggest all of my experience
and feelings
are delusory
and have no value
labelling me
invades my sense of self
it suffocates
all of my expression
telling me who i am
without my side of the story
i am not a label
a stigma or a disease
i am not a set of symptoms
actually i am me
James Garratt – June 2010
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Sense of Self – Written June 2010 (Aged 35)
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