[hippieflowergirl]

Originally Posted by Allison W

Mine... would be clinical depression (apparently with dependent, avoidant, and borderline personality factors but--thankfully--not full-blown disorders). I'm trying to deal, I really am. The meds help, and today, I really am fine as long as I'm not given reason to stress out. It's just that ordinary life includes so many utterly terrifying things.

Admittedly, sometimes I feel like I'm just lazy next to people who have "real problems," like relatives with cancer (one died in the past year; the other was diagnosed with a severe cancer and is now doing all right due to a very harsh chemo regimen), or some of the people on this thread.

I do hope to eventually become well enough to take care of a home or manage a part-time job, even if I'm never completely independent.

Hippiegirl: our disabilities are different, but I do know what it's like to play the pill-roulette game, experimenting with different medicines and cocktails and what-have-you to find out what one or what precise combination works. It is a bitch and a half and definitely a game I wouldn't miss if I never had to play it again.

i wouldnt give it up either. PD has given me more than it's taken away. but i'm sick and tired of the attitude...so i'm flipping some back along the path it came down.

my message was meant to be a sort of, "just because you dont see it or understand what you do see doesnt mean someone's scamming you. and if you think someone's whining, or clamoring for attention, or feeling sorry for themselves...maybe they are. did you ever think to ask why? it's not like you havent done it yourself ya know. trust me, it's a human being thing. if you're disgusted by human weakness go find some perfect people to hang out with because, personally, i'm a mess at least one day during the year." (and that's the general you...not any specific individual in this forum)

why not ask a couple of questions or do some intellectual legwork of your own before declaring someone "less than"? is it really that hard? or are you (again, the generalized YOU) just too lazy to pry your ass off of your self-indulgent superiority complex and be a compassionate human being?