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Originally Posted by Sinking Feeling
I never get use to people telling me I use meds as a crutch and all I need to do is exercise and eat right to get better. Implying I am weak or stupid. They forget I have gone to the gym regularly for over 2 years, jogged, and ran daily, ate right. I lost 80 pounds. I'm still in good shape. And in better shape then most of those jokers who say this to me. But even then, I still needed help. These imbeciles that say stuff like this have no freaking idea what I go thru or how I feel and how well my coping skills actually are. If they were experiencing the same things I am, they might not even survive, yet I have for over 30 years! Damn they truly P me off royal.
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I hear ya. I just had a debate with somebody who insisted I "create my own reality". I tried explaining to her that saying that was invalidating to me or anybody else with mental illness. Most people have no real clue. Granted, we may create, or choose how we manage our mental illness, but that's not the same thing as causing it ourselves.