Being oneself and the psychological dance between identity and medication
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Donna Williams
Donna Williams is a consultant in the field of autism spectrum conditions, and an international best-selling author diagnosed with Autism, with nine books in the field of developmental 'disabilities' - her autobiography, Nobody Nowhere, its sequel Somebody Somewhere, plus others including Autism-An Inside-Out Approach, and The Jumbled Jigsaw.
By Donna Williams
Published on 10/26/2006
When does medication stop us being ourself? When does it enable us to
be more of that self? And which self does it enable us to be; the self
we have built to fit a role or position in society that was never 'us'
in the first place or does it enable us to be the meta self I would
have, could have been had I not had the mood, anxiety and compulsive
disorders that the medication was treating?