How Letting Go of Labels Gave Me My Freedom Back
Brian R. King, MSW, ADHD-CCSP ????
Empowering Neurodivergent Families to Build Stronger Relationships and Healthier Boundaries.
Taking things personally, especially my diagnoses, led to years of compounded shame.
The biggest change for me happened when I learned to stop taking everything so personally, including those labels.
I’ve found more peace by letting fewer and fewer things define my identity.
I can share my experiences and how they affect me, but that doesn’t mean they have to define who I am.
It’s not about rejecting myself or others—it’s about a deeper kind of acceptance.
It means I’m learning to offer myself kindness and space between who I am and what I experience.
My identity isn’t wrapped up in my struggles or labels but in how I choose to navigate life alongside them.
By not internalizing everything, I give myself the freedom to grow, to be flexible, without being weighed down by shame or rigid expectations.
I’m still me—accepting, but also fluid and open to change.
Ultimately, it’s about embracing who I am, with compassion, beyond any one story or diagnosis.
Internet Marketer, Ordained Minister
5 个月Labels are useful at times in a descriptive mode but beyond that they quickly lose their usefulness. People often equate the label with the person, when there is far more to the person than any one label can cover. When we do it to ourselves, accepting others labels as who we are, we are then operating with one hand tied behind our back, so to speak. I am glad you were able to move past the labels and dare to be who are in all your glory!