http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=276x9545Oh my.
The fizziwig primitive, who's getting married, or just got married:
fizzgig (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-27-09 05:57 PM
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telling me to just 'get over it' or to simply change my perspective does no good
and it is frustrating because it feels like people are belittling my situation. i would never dream of telling anyone to 'beat' my situation because i have no idea exactly what someone else is going through.
my brain does not function the same as people without a mental illness. there are times i cannot stop the frenzy in my brain. there are times that i can't stop the fact that all i do is beat myself up for things over which i had no control.
yeah, things could be a lot worse, but unless you have a complete and total understanding of what i'm dealing with and you can't say something positive or supportive, keep your mouth shut.
edit: for the sake of honesty, i would tell someone to get over it if they complained to me that they could only get a $30,000 car rather than a $40,000 car, that they had to settle for a week in the bahamas rather than two or something similar. i'm not proud that i'm judgmental like that and i'm trying to change that perspective, but i am not perfect.
I dunno.
franksolich is deaf. franksolich's brain works differently from the way brains in hearing people work. But for some reason, that doesn't drive franksolich nuts.
lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-27-09 06:10 PM
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1. I totally relate.
The forked primitive, whose biggest Delusion of Grandeur is that he thinks he knows more about sports than the cboy4 primitive:
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-27-09 07:22 PM
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3. It's all I can do not to kick those people square in the nuts.
It's highly offensive to me. Don't these bozos think that if I could snap out of it that I would? Do they think I like being depressed or manic or having panic attacks?
Some people's kids.
on edit - ok, I don't entirely mind being manic, at least for the first two days before it takes a physical toll.
