[LemonZest35]

One thing I hate about BPD and being so sensitive: I feel like a freak sometimes. People tell me I need to get a thicker skin, and I'm like... You have no idea how many times I have heard that or how hard I am trying to grow a thicker skin. I feel frustrated when people say that. It's like telling someone who deals with chronic pain that they just need to take Tylenol. It's not easy to have this set of issues... It's not easy to work well with others when inside I am in emergency mode and I feel like I'm breaking down. Sometimes I just want to go and hide and not exist for a while.

Hard day. Wish people understood. Glad I have this outlet!

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[Aventurine]

Originally Posted by LemonZest35

One thing I hate about BPD and being so sensitive: I feel like a freak sometimes. People tell me I need to get a thicker skin, and I'm like... You have no idea how many times I have heard that or how hard I am trying to grow a thicker skin. I feel frustrated when people say that. It's like telling someone who deals with chronic pain that they just need to take Tylenol. It's not easy to have this set of issues... It's not easy to work well with others when inside I am in emergency mode and I feel like I'm breaking down. Sometimes I just want to go and hide and not exist for a while.

Hard day. Wish people understood. Glad I have this outlet!

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Yeah I hear ya... I hate it when ppl say "don't stress!" I want to scream at them...... I am NOT STRESSING! if I was, you would certainly know about it!!!!

Ppl say I get worked up easy... but its like.... God, you have NOT seen "worked up"....

when ppl assume I am stressing out when In fact Im not comparative to what I usually do when I stress out...I feel like they are trying to control me. Which causes me to stress out..... ... ah.... the irony..

[J_MCD]

I understand you for sure. People telling me to stop stressing just makes it worse.
Hope you feel better!
J

[jean17]

Originally Posted by LemonZest35

One thing I hate about BPD and being so sensitive: I feel like a freak sometimes. People tell me I need to get a thicker skin, and I'm like... You have no idea how many times I have heard that or how hard I am trying to grow a thicker skin. I feel frustrated when people say that. It's like telling someone who deals with chronic pain that they just need to take Tylenol. It's not easy to have this set of issues... It's not easy to work well with others when inside I am in emergency mode and I feel like I'm breaking down. Sometimes I just want to go and hide and not exist for a while.

Hard day. Wish people understood. Glad I have this outlet!

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Hope you are feeling better. It's so hard when someone who can't possibly know how hard life is for us tells us to just breath, or chill, or any of those platitudes. They might think that they are helping, but they're not.
We really have to take care of ourselves. It's hard, but no one else can do it because they just don't understand. Take time to be alone and recover. I have to do it every day. Take care.

[LemonZest35]

Thanks everyone. Just writing it out to people who understand really helps.

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i find that family do it aswell. i find mine tell me to shush so i dont embarrass myself. n then i end up worse in the long run xxx