Ashley L. Peterson
1 min readMay 25, 2019

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I agree that the language we use is important. At the same time, though, no one is ever going to agree on what language is and isn’t appropriate. The words I choose to use in relation to my own illness aren’t necessarily going to be the same words that someone else prefers. And while stigma may be attached to labels, changing a label in and of itself won’t necessarily change the underlying stigma. Definitely a complex issue.

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Ashley L. Peterson

Author of 4 books — latest is A Brief History of Stigma | Mental health blogger | Former MH nurse | Living with depression | mentalhealthathome.org