Dinosaur

I was a teacher before I had a nervous breakdown. I was taking my dog a walk earlier this week when two youngstets said clear enough for me to hear : they are a psycho. It keeps cycling round my head. I know I am not.
Kids don't realise the true meaning behind some of these phrases they use. I was a kid once and I have said things without fully recognising the impact.

So why did you post this?! Are you looking for remarks for that kids? ))))

Because I don't want to be known as a psycho. If I were male my behaviour would be justified. I am not unstable.
But anyway I see your jokey spin on it. I miss having a title . I feel like nothing. I am a nobody.

Maybe you should be posting this in the coping with emotions forum.

I'm sorry you had this distressing experience. Yes, I'm quite certain every one of us has, at one time or another, said or done things that were hurtful to someone else. I know in my own life I have been, at various times, both victim & perpetrator.

I'm a student of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist "Lojong" teachings. And one of the primary objectives of these teachings is to help us come to the realization that the joys & sorrows, hopes & fears we feel as individuals are the same joys & sorrows, hopes & fears that are felt by all people everywhere. "We're all in this together," as the Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön has written. I send hugs your way... with the hope that you will be able to find deep peace within...

My gran thinks it was mistaken identity and the kids were referring to the neighbour. Even though I re arranged the flower pots in the garden because I needed to get out the house when my relatives where not so slyly speaking about me. Thankfully I won't be out staying my welcome and I will finish my HNC and apply to university and it will be a whole new fresh start for me.