Research Article
Dealing with Stigma: Experiences of Persons Affected by Disabilities and Leprosy
Table 3
Elements of impact by stigma divided by emotions, thoughts, behaviour, and relationships.
| Emotions | Thoughts | Behaviour | Relationships |
| Afraid | Death | Moving away | Rejection | Worry | No hope | Passive | Separation | Mourning | No future | Self-isolation | Restriction in social participation | Shy | Isolated | Keep silent | Discrimination | Guilt | Feeling sick | Do not want to look for help | Stop relationships | Anxious | Not being accepted | Protected by family | Withdraw | Inferiority | Contagious | Stay at home | Reject invitation | Doubt | Avoided | Do not want to meet people | No contact | Angry | Burden | Hiding | No social role and responsibility | Sad | Limitation | Instability | No friends | Annoying | Belief in having been cured | Lying down | Difficult to get job | Confusion | Hope for change in the future | Be opened to listen to | Stand on their own | Hate | Get knowledge about the disease | Discipline | Keep trying | Patience | | Accept people’s help | Provoke encounters | Cheerful | | Accept their condition and situation | Courage to meet doctors and leprosy officers |
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