If you' re not faking cut ties with your family and make new friends just because you share the same blood don' t mean that you are family she is a snake and so is the rest of the hyenas

hey, dont mind these assholes, tell them to stfu and learn to accept

Well what are you waiting for? Cut her off. Seriously.

Okay, so there have been a lot of comments on this, and I doubt you will ever actually read this, but I know how you feel. I have a debilitating disease as well, and have had it for a long time. Since birth. I will say that there are way too many people out there that are skeptical of people with health issues like us, because theres a lot of bad shit that people do. like milk the system, or are lazy and cheat their way through life..but not EVERYONE is like that. Pay no mind to what your aunt says, because it is so easy for one to pass judgement on others; and just remember that she is not in your shoes, and that she might feel differently if she were to be. so..**** her *shrugs* I personally, have been in the hospital constantly throughout my life and at times, I have been told that I should not be in pain, or that my pain isn't even possible and have had little to no support from doctors, family, friends. (don't get me wrong, I have people that care, it's just tough sometimes) and I have been attempting to go to college, and while I am in an accelerated diploma program that is only 7 months long, that i am almost halfway through-I got sick recently and missed, and I found out that eventually my brain is probably going to start pulling away from my skull and on top of all that, I am being dropped from the program. sooo yeah, there is the whole Americans with Disabilites act and whatnot, but they really do not accomadate enough, FML.

Sometimes it's just hard to accommodate all debilitating diseases. Maybe this poster used 'debilitating disease' because it was rare and didn't want to confuse the readers. My sister has been in and out of the hospital since she was five with a rare blood disease I can hardly pronounce. About ten years later, one of the dozens of doctors my parents went to see with her thought she might be faking it; my parents laughed in the doctor's face. Some advice for the F'ed life; maybe your extended family doesn't believe you, and maybe that comes from not living with you and watching your struggles. But not everyone can be like that if your disease is real. Any family and friends that you have right now- real friends and family that are supporting you- keep them close. My sister is still balancing school and the hospital today, but if anything will help get her through, it's the support.

#82 Actually, it's you who's missing the point. The analogy between a gun held on your head and depression is that in neither case is there a physical barrier preventing you from moving your legs. Of course if you get shot then you can't, but until you do, your legs are free to move. And since we know that practically no one will move in such a situation, we can conclude that mental obstacles can be very disabling. In other words, you needn't have your legs broken to be unable to move. You are also right about getting out of the bed. It is what people should try to do. But the point, that you're once again missing, is that they can't. They don't want to, not because it's nice to stay in the bed, but because everything is meaningless and hell to them. Every once in a while someone suggests that people with depression should try some exercise and breathing fresh air to make themselves feel better, but the fact is that just isn't that easy. Don't believe me? Ask the certified psychiatrists. They're the pros in this field. I hope no one misunderstands me though, people should do their best to get up and do something. But what people like Ozymandias need to understand that it's not quite so easy. Depression is not just feeling bad. It's when your highs are normal people's lows and when your lows are at the rock bottom.

i agree with the general consensus in the room that this is horrible but under the circumstances of the disability you have tho. which you really shouldve mentioned in a post like this one. cuz you were so vague it could mean relatively anything. pls do tell wat it is exactly.

you probably are faking it if your entire community is confronting you about it. not "faking it" but like using it as an excuse for things you're afraid of dealing with confronting. what could that be?

Wow she's a major bitch. If it were me I would say "Yea and I don't believe that your really that nice, and your entire extended family agrees with me"

ya there really is no way that they can take that from nothing... i mean an injured pinky doesn't stop you from going to work. what's your problem? we need that to make a fair judgement