SarahEliza
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- 3y
HipHopAnonymous🦛 HipHopAnonym...
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You’ll never know but try not to look at it as a disadvantage. Idk your brother but perhaps his internal world isn’t as pristine as it seems. I felt for a very long time that I was the one in my family who didn’t have any mental health concerns. Turns out I was high functioning and uneducated. And a little out of touch with myself to be honest... As the world continues to gain knowledge of the intricacies and nuances of the human mind it’s likely we’ll hit a point when we no longer see “neurodivergent” people as having an illness, but as just having a different mode of brain function that simply needs to be understood, managed, and navigated. A long winded way of saying “idk but it’s ok, there’s nothing ‘wrong’ with you.”
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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- 3y
I just feel like if he had a mental health issues he’d be way more understanding instead of making fun of me for things i can’t control
HipHopAnonymous🦛 HipHopAnonym...
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@SarahEliza I feel that. It’s not okay that he pokes fun about it. Maybe he would benefit from watching some of the family support videos out there? In my experience, no one escapes life unscathed by their own mind. It could be that his time to face his demons hasn’t yet come. He is only 18yo after all. I hope he’ll come around to educating himself about the struggles you go through sooner than later. Not having the support we need makes dealing with all of this a lot harder. In the meantime, try to find the goodies in your own bag. 🙂 For example, having to deal with what you do has likely made you a much more empathetic and compassionate person than you may otherwise have been. And the world needs more people who understand and have space for one another. Hey, maybe that’s why the world is experiencing a mental health spike in the first place. Maybe it’s adjusting the way we relate to one another at a fundamental level? There’s always a new way of looking at our situations and extracting the potential from it to make our challenges our strengths. Anyway good luck! You deserve a happy and fulfilled life.
NicaNica
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Genetics 🧬
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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- 3y
it’s so frustrating because my brother doesn’t have any 😭
NicaNica
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@SarahEliza Roll of the dice sometimes.
GagoGago
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@SarahEliza Same my brother doesn't have any mental illness and I got hundreds hahaha :(
LydiaKLydiaK
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- 3y
@SarahEliza Same with my sis
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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@LydiaK i’m just like how did i get so unlucky lmao… also my brother is like 18 and he tries to give me advice and it pisses me off because he literally has no idea what it’s like. plus he’s younger than me lol
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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@Gago same it’s so great 🤭
LydiaKLydiaK
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@SarahEliza I get you, it's annoying when people try to "give advice" and tell you to "just do things" as if it's easy when they have no idea what it's really like. Most think we can just turn ocd off or something lol
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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@LydiaK that’s what my moms like, i’m like bro if it was that easy to just do it i wouldn’t be struggling everyday of my damn life lmao… or like sometimes they’ll be very condescending about it or try to make me feel like a freak and i’m just like i already feel that way
LydiaKLydiaK
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@SarahEliza Something similar happens with me too, they treat me like "Everyone's like that at times" and expect me to act as if I'm alright all the time. They treat the same way my Grandma too, she suffers from generalized anxiety disorder.
muffpuffmuffpuff
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- 3y
so true
SarahElizaSarahEliza
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it’s great, isn’t it 😀
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