Labeling everything a I feel based off of one of my diagnosis. Having a bad day? Must be depression. Feeling good today? Hope I’m not manic. Worried about something? Must be my generalized anxiety. Can’t pay attention to a boring movie? Definitely my ADHD. Not feeling motivated? Negative symptoms for sure.
I often forget that I’m still human and experience a wide variety and of feelings that normies experience too.
I’m trying not to label everything and recognize a lot of what I feel could just be part of the normal human condition.
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Also, I’m not saying I ignore these things, because if my mood, motivation, and other symptoms last for a little while then I know I should probably bring it up in therapy or talk to my psychiatrist.
I’m “only” diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but I tend to do the same as you. But it helps to prevent me from beating myself up over stuff.
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I think this is when person first language can help. Instead of calling myself a schizophrenic (schizoaffective) they say it’s better to say that I’m a person with schizophrenia. It can help to reduce the identity with the labels and I wonder if it would help me not categorize every emotion and feeling into one of my diagnosis.
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