The document discusses mental illness and challenges the stigma around labeling people. It shares the experiences of deep depression from the author and their friend's experiences with bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizoaffective disorder, and major depression. While society may see them as "nuts", the author sees themselves and their friend as people first, not defined by their diagnoses or crazy. They want their friend to feel empowered and see themselves as people too.

1. THE CHRONIC ILLNESS REPORT
I don’t really see myself as someone
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with ‘Bipolar Disorder’….
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Black Depression Mental Illness Doesn’t Label Me
I have experienced Most people in this Country, I want my friend to feel the
deep and dark depression or in this world, know that mental same way. I feel like the world
before in my life. This illness is ever present in our world. needs to see that. We aren’t
depression felt like it was I suffer from a form of it, and a dangerous people just because we
literally choking the life out friend of mine does too. carry a certain diagnosis. We are
of me. I have Bipolar Disorder and people plain and simple.
I remember crying PTSD and she has Schizoaffective We all come in different
and everything like that. It disorder and Major Depression. In shapes and sizes….
was a very hard time for me. the eyes of society, we are both -Sophia Porrow
I didn’t want to be around “nuts”. However, I don’t really see
my friends, and no one knew us as people who are really crazy…I
how to help me. think it is just people who are
I remember finally putting that label upon us.
getting some relief when my I don’t really think of myself
meds went up… as someone with “Bipolar
But it was an awful Disorder”…I think of myself as an
time…for all of my family… artist and a writer. I have Bipolar
-Sophia Porrow Disorder but it doesn’t have me…
I’m a person, not a patient….
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