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Originally Posted by ChristySpirals
Your perception of what was said sometimes plays into that stigma. When ppl are being nice to me, ppl who know about my mi, I feel patronized sometimes (depending on my mood). Like tread carefully because they don't want to upset me and my mi. When happy and ppl are nice it just means we are all as one and get each other.
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Sorry, Christy, I don't get the connection. I understand what you are
saying about people being cautious in attempting not to upset you,
but that's quite different from stigma.
From your view, "When happy (meaning you) and people are nice, it just means we are all as one and get each other." That's real friendship and
has no real bearing on the social stigma those who have experienced it
recall, in my view (or at least their concern about it as it affects their
lives). Stigma means for them exclusion--a very painful experience.