I hear you. Today, a friend of mine told me that all I need is confidence. While his intentions are good, his remark missed it's mark. I explained that my challenges are more to do with living in a restrictive world that burdens me. Although my confidence, like that of many others, suffers, I believe that a better starting point would be to provide people with the will to live, rather than implying how they should think or be.

We should be accepted for who presently be and where we presently are. The best we can do is learn to accept ourselves and help others who struggle similarly. Unfortunately, it has become an industry where the focus is less on accepting people as they are but more seeks to identify, label, and keep peole dependent on services that cripple us.

Sigh... Please forgive me, as I am currently in a deep depressive state hemmed with said services. It's okay to feel like giving up. It's okay to lack the will. What we truly need is to be accepted, if not understood.

I've been unable to sleep for months. ZZZzzz. I've been at this life on the bottom rung for many years. It gets very tiring. I just wanted to provide an honest response, hoping that someone might find this information... well, reassuring in some way. The truth is, even those of us who feel miserable have the potential to confide in and comfort each other just as we are, without any need to be more than who we already are.