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Originally Posted by _Sky
First, let me apologize for not reading the entire thread. I read the OP and frankly, I'm very disappointed in your doctor.
Not that it really matters why someone is depressed, but for him to invalidate you that way is what "sucks" imo. (Blushing.) I don't use that word..but really, HE has the wrong attitude...maybe?
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Hi Sky!! I think his attitude changes for me specifically. He's forced to try to relate to me. Myself? I don't want a diagnosis of "depression" on top of all the other labels that I've got in my medical file.
I think in retrospect, it's probably more likely that he said that I was "depressed because my life sucked" because of all of my previous abuse history and dealing with a family that "just doesn't get it" ... in regards to my disability, or even me as a human being. I'd agree that most people would probably find it insulting... he does challenge me a lot on certain topics of how I relate to others (or, rather how they relate to me because my disability *is* obvious) because he wants to learn more about stuff. I'll admit, I've got a negative attitude sometimes about disability. A *big* attitude problem sometimes... not that I'm mean, just not very nice.
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Originally Posted by Manda86
Oh, honey, no you are not the only one!!! 
I haven't posted about my disabilities before because I am so self-conscious about them and I hate so much, but if it helps others I guess I will.
I have cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus. I can walk for very short distances with crutches, for longer distances I use a manual wheelchair.
I have a severe startle reflex (which I assume is due to lack of oxygen to the brain at birth)... I was born was born 14 weeks early,
weighed only 1.5 pounds and was only 12 inches long. I was a miracle baby!!! 
Although sometimes I wish I would have died!!!  |
Hi Manda!
CP & hydrocephalus huh? I know that hydrocephalus and spina bifida usually go hand-in-hand, so ... I guess, "cool" in knowing that other people deal with the annoying shunt et al as well.
I (used) to be able to walk with quad canes or a walker, but then I moved into residence at university and got lazy.
I doubt I can ever get back to the same amount of flexibility and endurance again. Oh well... bad decision on my part!
I'll admit this too - sometimes I'm stuck on the whole thought pattern of "I wish I had never been born" and all that... I guess I see my suffering as a nuisance (and it does make a person depressed!) but I also see how my family poorly deals with it and I feel like a burden.
I hate feeling like that!
(Doesn't help much with my depression and anxiety!)