as is my custom, I do not force myself to try and read the whole thread... but of course I have something to say!

Some things that are posted (often by Sep) are so profound, there IS nothing else to say.

Last night at a fundraising dinner of about 700, my hand spasmed and my empty water glass was knocked over against a heavy glass plate... I was surprised by the loudness (but then, everyone was waiting for the speaker to be introduced..) of course everyone at the table and nearby stared.. speechless... I promptly said, ok and my hands never left my wrists! They laughed and moved on...

Being the center of an awkward situation (more for others since they aren't accustomed to it) is where I live, with my disabilities. It isn't me, it's my disorders. I have to forget that they all don't know the WHY behind things dealing with me... it has to be enough that I know why.

People can become clique-ish because it's our nature to find others like us, and maybe moreso securing when we have an illness?

Some ppl do seem to refuse help... but that is a judgment I try very, very hard to avoid. We here have to remember that it might not be them (or me) it might very well be the DISORDER??? I'm glad for some of my memory problems because only then do I recall the severely impudent who are constantly advised the same thing and yet continue to ask the same question over and over.
[What is it to us, though? We are here for and to give support. If someone needs to hear the same thing, what is that to us? That we only give our energy and support to those who can take it in the form we choose to give it? If that doesn't help, then, what? we give up on them? That's rather judgmental. At that point it isn't about them, but me.