You're supposed to think your condition is those things and that you aren't your condition, rather you are you (whomever that may be), affected by a condition.

For me there was a difference between "I'm all the shitty things I know myself to be" and then finding out about my definite ADHD / possible autism. My mindset changed from "I am the unmanageable problem" to "I have some problems that can be addressed ". Helped me quite a bit to have a little shift in paradigm.