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Feb 15, 2013, 02:27 PM
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Member Since: Aug 2011
Location: Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 3,169
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Originally Posted by Secretum
-That "I needed to pray to my guardian angel"; my super-Catholic 7th grade bus driver, after she had noticed that I often seemed "sad".
-that I wasn't depressed, because I hadn't gained a significant amount of weight (despite the fact that I was binging every day) and my sleep wasn't really, really disturbed. I just needed to pursue less stressful activities and stop striving for excellence so much. -social worker I saw when I was 16
-"That's just the devil talking!"- my mom, during the same episode when I was 16 and describing how desperate I felt.
"You need to read your bible"- my mom again, when I was a child and very angry.
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Oh, yeah, I know what you mean on that one! When I first applied for disability, one worker I spoke to on the phone told me< "But you'rE not really depreesed," just because I wasn't blubbering on the Phone.
I have also heard:
"Do you read your Bible everyday?"
"This is a sign that you need to be in church"
"You broke your covenant with God"
"Are you paying your tithes?"
"Just curl your hair and wear some mascara; you'll find yourself a man." (like what?)
"You're ungrateful"
"You're jealous of my cousin" (WTF???)
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