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Originally Posted by misskeena
I've heard people with BPD described as the great outsiders. Actually, it was by Dr. Linehan herself in a documentary on BPD that I saw recently.
I've felt this exact same way more times than I can count. I've lost most of my friends, haven't had a significant other in years, and my family has abandoned me because they have no idea how to deal with my illness and shy away from mental illness. Usually, I am able to accept my life reasonably well; this is what I have and I need to be happy with it. When I get around normal situations like this and see people so happy, it makes me compare my life to theirs and I see myself lacking so much it only breaks my heart. I have no one to spend holidays with. I usually volunteer to work Christmas and Thanksgiving because I never, ever have plans to spend these days with anyone. I will probably never get married, and my birthday is one of the loneliest days of the year. While I do have friends, I want so much more for myself. I want people to be close to me and to love me. It's a rough feeling. You're not alone.
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The great outsiders hey, well that is very fitting indeed. Have felt like that for as long as I can remember. If only we all lived close to each other and we could all hang out and be outsiders together.
Thanks for the message, and glad I am not alone. Omg birthdays, I hate them! I've had so many that people haven't showed up to, so i don't bother with them anymore. I didn't want a 30th last year as I knew it would be depressing and no one would show, so I skipped town with my sister to ignore it was my birthday.
It's just made me think how it would be cool for some of us to send each other birthday cards on our birthdays to cheer us up. Everyone loves a parcel in the mail, and I love sending them.
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