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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 926586)

I agree in the sense that there are people who tend to use the guise of sickness as a crutch for not being able to cope with life, but if it's actually a physical/chemical problem, there's really not much that can be done about it by will alone. I know you realize that, but you bring up a very interesting question with the statement "even 50 years ago many were unheard of"...
I'm sure you recognize something like paranoid schizophrenia as being an actual disorder. But before it was studied and confirmed as a disorder, I'm pretty sure people thought sufferers were inflicted with demons or something equally ridiculous. The point being, with the changing times, our knowledge grows (or at least changes) and our perspectives will follow suit. While it's convenient to place a solution at the door of issues we try to compartmentalize in the absence of proof, it holds no practical value to the people who do believe they're suffering if they actually happen to be suffering.

paranoid schizophrenia is something that is very serious and indeed, very noticeable and again. It's something that I can notice in someone but that is not what I was pertaining to ( even if It seemed that way :)

I just abhor people being depressed at the hand that life has dealt them and use it as an excuse for their behaviour thereafter when it's something that many of us go through-parents splitting, leaving home etc and getting a name for it.

I had 17 different addresses before I was 21, I was a father at 21, my parents split when I was 14 and I am partially blind- so what? I am still alive and healthy and full of life. Emotions are stacked in the attic, only to be brought out out when a clear out is needed.

Too many people hide behind new labels of loneliness for me. life can quite honestly go feck itself.

RT has been through far worse then me over the past couple of years and is still far stronger then the crop of whingers around these days.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 926598)

Agreed. But you're both grown, mature adults who were able to cope and carried on to the point where you are now. You have to expect some others to not be at that level. You can only hope that they will be, eventually. But having been there and through it intact, you should know that it's not the same as just taking someone's word for it. ;)

I went through a six month stage of everytime I felt nervous I was physically sick. No exaggeration. Everytime I went on a date I was sick beforehand or after, its a miracle I wasn't sick during.

edit: that was just one example of a nervous situation. I was sick because I was nervous about driving once. total lightweight.

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Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 926625)

I was sick because I was nervous about driving once.

It took me 2 years to feel comfortable enough to get my permit. On this past Friday I got my license.. finally. Feelsgoodman.

Congrats!! I passed mines recently too! :D

Autism here. Aspergers syndrome to be precise.
Able to function pretty normal, not able to have a job or finish a school (so far).
I'm pretty social, but I am very, very bad with authority and I'm not all that good at adapting. I'm pretty good at surrounding myself with the right people to avoid the adapting problem ;).

I've been looking for the right word for days now, but I can't seem to find the translation: I get my money from the government. They pay me every month because I've been tested (lots of times...) and turns out I have good reasons not to be able to attend a job.
But what do you call it in proper English when you are receiving your payment from the government and are allowed not to work?
If there's any dutch person reading, I'm searching for translations for "Uitkering" and "Afgekeurd" ;).
Google translate comes up with "benefit" and "rejected". Does that make sense?
I'm not sure about benefit, but rejected just sounds to generic for me ;D

Disability?

That's what we call it in the U.S. Although it's more appropriately titled "Disability benefits", most people I know just shorten it to Disability.

Disability Benefits. Sounds logical to me.
Jup, did some googling and that's about right.
I'll try to remember that :)

Thanks again! You're really helping me out tonight.
Compared to most people I know here my English is above average.
But wanting to express oneself is a lot harder than I thought.

I've been diagnosed with rapid-cycling Bipolar I, but I can't afford my medicine or therapy anymore, so I just have people around me who help me to cope. They can see my moodswings coming from a mile away now, and while I'm not completely healthy, it really does help to have a strong core of support surrounding me.

I do hope to be able to go back eventually, but I feel that I definitely have a lot of help and people to reach out to as it is. It does suck, though, because I feel a bit ashamed of the whole thing and don't feel comfortable a lot of times bringing new people into my life because I'm terrified that they'll realize what's up and be like, "This I can not deal with. I can't deal with you. I'm leaving."