They're right, Hopefull !

I'm really sorry that you're feeling bad...and I hate it that your teacher's comment has caused you so much worry. I don't think your teacher was accusing you...she/he was simply making a statement. Does it apply to us? Yeah. So what?

It does get to the heart of what has been so difficult for me over the years...the feeling that somehow this is all my fault. It took me about EIGHT years to figure out this is not my fault! I would sit around for days and weeks beating myself up about why I couldn't do the things I used to do. Then I would beat myself up because I had wasted all that time being sad...and so on...and on...ad nauseam !

I was finally able to put those thoughts behind me. I was able to change the living arrangements that were contributing to my illness. Now I live on my own. It's really scary, now I wonder how long it will be before I'm living at the Victory Mission, but I don't blame myself anymore.

So take pause, listen to your favorite song or read your favorite poem. Clear away all the junk in your mind, and know that this is a disease that must be treated, not a moral flaw in yourself that has to be forgiven.

Thinking lots of Happy Thoughts for you,

DJ