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Originally Posted by SilverTrees
I was raised with that type of thinking too LC. I understand you. My mother pushed and pushed even though I already got the great grades and wanted to learn. I think her awful pushing and pressure is one of the main reasons I ended up terribly depressed from ~ 14 to 18. I cannot understand why some parents don't just want their children to be happy and well. Anyway, at this point in my life I am actively working on un-learning a lot of the unhealthy ideas they pushed on me even when I was 5 years old. I didn't have any balance back then....study, study, study and no hobbies. Later when I had moved out and completed college, it turned into work, work, work. I didn't even realize I was doing it until I started to get sick.
I was trying to be helpful but if it didn't come across that way, I take it back  You have my support and I want you to be happy. How you decide to be happy is entirely up to you  |
Silver, I rarely take offenses. I have a very passive personality (probably bargaining with Dormmamu did this
) so you need not to worry about how I perceive your replies. And nevermind that, cause I never perceive your posts as "attacking", although my lack of emotions may create the tone of my posts which may give the wrong impression.
My lack of emotions is a very serious issue. My psychiatrist says it's apathy. But I think it's something much more serious, like frontal lobe dysfunction (as I read in a neuropsychiatric journal, patients with
epilepsy and psychosis have frontal lobe degeneration.) So I am never going to be a socially apt person, but I am still trying to make most out of life. I was given antielliptic medication by my pdoc so I think it's epilepsy.
And a big thank you for caring about me.
