because I do kind of use it as a way to defend against people believing that I'm not worth talking to, or interacting with. I talk about fashion as costuming, or fashion as armor, I talk about the way I use Yale, a place that I had gone to school, as a kind of defense. I think a lot of what I talk about is the way that I move around in the world in a way that seems to be defensive. So even being able to tell my own story through this book is something that I'm aware gives me a lot of privilege. I'm aware of how people have a lot of stigma toward other people who have the same diagnosis as I do, but who may not quote-unquote function as well as I do. The reason I use it is that I'm very aware of my own sense of self-stigma. I feel like the phrase "high-functioning" is extremely tricky. Shots - Health News Father Of 2 Sons With Schizophrenia Talks Of His Struggle To Save Them
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