You Are Not Your Struggles

“Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” – Unknown

Focusing too much on your own problems—your symptoms, your tendencies, your perceived limitations—can quietly become a trap. When you begin to justify behavior instead of challenging it, you risk slipping into a cycle of excuses that disguises itself as self-awareness.

Your symptoms are not your personality. Don’t subscribe to this nonsensical trend.

Diagnosing and labeling can be helpful for understanding. But when labels become your identity, they limit you. Saying things like “It’s my OCD” or “That’s just my autism” may feel like honesty, but more often they serve as a ceiling you place over your own growth.

They minimize your power. They remove responsibility. They narrow your vision of who you are and what you're capable of.

Use insight to grow, not to justify stagnation. The world doesn’t need more people making excuses—it needs more people willing to rise above their labels, not shrink beneath them.