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Dec 15, 2009, 04:40 PM
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Hi, new. Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what to do when the people around you invalidate who you are. My family does not believe any diagnosis that a doctor gives and do not believe most anything I say (I have to convey things through my brother to have the family believe me even when it comes to simple things that I have knowlege and experience with). Part of it is when I have been off meds in the past and erratic I spent as much time as I could away from here because of the above mentioned. Because of this I am looking at being thrown into the streets (I don't have anywhere to go). Not sure how to deal with the situation and what to do. IT has been recommended several times by my doctors that I get on disability, but I have trouble getting things like that done and have not yet. If I apply now it will be too late to help this situation. I feel like by being invalidated I am being denied the right to be me. What to do?
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Dec 16, 2009, 03:34 AM
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Firstly, Portals,
 that you are feeling invalidated. I don't know if I have any concrete advice about what to do about it... basically I have told only a few people that I trust to understand and have not told those I don't trust to understand -- or at least somehow try. Education on the topic can help, but only if they're willing to learn, you know?You say you've been off meds in the past... are you on them now though? As for applying for disability -- yeah, it can feel daunting to tackle those sorts of things -- there are other threads where folks talk about how they deal with it, and hopefully some with experience in that will pipe up here too... |
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Dec 16, 2009, 05:28 PM
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I don't really have any advice for you. I have two friends who are on SSDI, one for bipolar, the other for a hip issue. I know the paperwork can be really daunting, but you're allowed to bring someone with you to help out, and I think the SSDI people will help you out. I too have not told many people IRL. My husband also does not really accept that I have a mood disorder, but he is supportive of me doing what is going to help me.
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