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cptblack Posts: 12381
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So I am at my son's appartment and go out the front door of the building to smoke. I'm standing there when 5 young ladies(?) between late teens and mid 20s in in age approach. I open the door for them as I hear the lead girl say "... and people with PTSD just can't do anything useful..."! I held the door and let them pass and the last girl says "Thank you." to which I reply "Your welcome. At least we can hold doors open". I don't think she caught a clue or 'Heard the wings flapping' as we used to say. Where do these people come up with this drivel? How does Mental illness make us 'useless'?  "Projecting the worst is a prescription for anxiety." Uppity
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Nienna Posts: 201
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Some days I reckon a 4x4 would be better! (Translation:4x4 is what we call a 4 wheel drive vehicle here in Oz) I am not sick, I am enhanced.
People say these things take time. I say a nanosecond should be long enough.
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I don't burn the candle at both ends,
I break it in half so I can burn all four.
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centerseeker Posts: 2852
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Where do people get these ideas and have the nerve to state them to others like fact? "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanore Roosevelt
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." Jack Kornfield
"My goal in life is to be the person my dogs think I am" anonymous
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dugg Posts: 246
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good response, cptblack! it's one thing to know on an intellectual level that there are a lot of ignorant people out there, but it's a whole other thing to experience it live and direct on your smoke break. where do people get it? from all over- friends, the media, the internet, but almost never from first-hand experience with someone living it. at the risk of generalizing. of course, my experience of many 'normal' people is a much higher degree of complacency with what is sometimes called "received wisdom" than is found among the diagnosed... in extreme cases, resulting in what i call the "Say it loud, I'm stupid and proud" tendency that infects discussions about so many things these days... Bipolar 2 with a shot of Aspergers and a touch of Agoraphobia/Citalopram, Lithium and Dextroampheta Sulfate, Caffeine, etc...
if what i say makes sense to you, you might want to bear in mind that i'm mentally ill.
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norma  Posts: 10109
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Idiots. Pay no attention to them. We are not useless. We are not different than anyone else. It is drivel. Treat it as such. And to those who spout the drivel, well that is their punishment. To stay ignorant. They have to live with themselves. Best revenge is to ignore them and keep being the good person you are. Comments made by me are from my own experience and they are my opinion alone, whose intent is only to share that opinion and not to give medical advice nor discourage from seeking medical help. Medicine is best left to the professionals that is what they do.
"In the time of your life, live-so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but, shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it." William Saroyan
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Nienna Posts: 201
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I was thinking about this earlier this evening. I was thinking about the prejudiced cr@p my father used to sprout about anything and everything. A person less critical and cynical than myself would take all this on board from an early age as the truth and the way things really are. Even education at this point doesn't eradicate this mind set and so it is then preached to other clueless clods who don't have a brain to share between them. By this stage the only thing that will change their minds is by a very close encounter with, or developing these disorders themselves. Out of the mouths of babes.... Remember: Mob IQ is calculated by finding the lowest IQ in the mob, then dividing that by the number of people in the mob. (Heavily plagiarised from Terry Prachett) N. I am not sick, I am enhanced.
People say these things take time. I say a nanosecond should be long enough.
Lamotragine 150mg bd; Dex 10mg 3x daily; Seroquel XR 300mg; Seroquel 25mg-50mg prn; Lexapro 2.5mg
I don't burn the candle at both ends,
I break it in half so I can burn all four.
Sorry, my magic wand is broken. You'll have to see a doctor instead. |
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ZadieBlue Posts: 3769
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At that age the defense mechanisms are fully functional and working at full force. The PTSD comment probably came from a girl who was desperately trying to make sense out of her perpetually unhappy life. Her crap probably comes from self hatred, not that this excuses her behavior. Unfortunately, people with psych issues make for easy punching bags. She'll get what's coming to her sooner or later. Nice comeback by the way. Zadie "I'm going to quit -- dried turkey." - Anonymous
"I forgot my mantra." - Annie Hall
"Knocked me on the head and sent me spinning
It was a blast I can't remember the last time
Stand between two poles and hold your arms up
I'll kick me over your head and stock down . . . " - Throwing Muses
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WTF Posts: 1544
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Constipation of the mind leads to diarrhea of the mouth. The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
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I visit the food bank one or two times a month, and one day I read online someone saying that food-bank people are useless, greedy, poor-mouthing wastes of skins, who's only goal in life is to use the government to get money, eat, and procreate more leeches into the system. geepers. There are mean and ignorant jerks everywhere. I can't get away from them! |
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sarahtroy Posts: 12171
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I am sorry you were exposed to this arrogance, cptblack. Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.
Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.
• "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens."
• "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Ian MacLaren (Usually mis-attributed to Plato)
• "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin
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