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Aug 29, 2009, 09:10 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posts: 2,779
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((((((((((Ripley))))))))))
I think that I have had a "mental illness" for so long that I have forgotten what it feels like to first wrestle with the diagnosis and come to terms with it.
It is hard when we realize that we have something that would cause people to pity us, or feel compassion for us, or even (unfortunately) shun us. There are still those who do not understand even the slightest about mental illnesses and that they are biologically based and not character weaknesses. I remember as a child feeling strongly that I had been dropped by an alien spaceship into this family that I had nothing in common with!  Come to think of it, that theory still has some merit.......
I really do hear what you are saying. There are lots of us here who do. Keep posting. You have lots of support here. 
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 Vickie
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