Andriel_Isilien Posted June 5, 2023 Report Posted June 5, 2023 I remember several years ago explaining to my therapist how my mental health disorders affect my perspective and how my emotions/thoughts will run away with me. For decades, people have tried telling me, "You're just having a bad day. Be more positive. It's really not that bad." It's like comparing apples to oranges except for me, the damn apples look like fucking oranges! It's not until my brain chemicals get settled and connected like they are meant to that I can actually SEE the difference here. Yes, that is indeed an apple there amongst the oranges. Albeit it's a very strange looking one than what I'm used to when someone tells me what an "apple" is supposed to look like. That how struggling to see through the depression or panic can be for me. Even though I'm aware of this, the intensity each time is the same. Don't discredit what someone is going through when they cry out in pain, anger, fear, and asking for help. To quote F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby, "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." 1
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