Ever been insulted by someone you told about MDD? - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T14:17:10Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/ever-been-insulted-by-someone-you-told-about-mdd?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A161778&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI told my dad and he told me…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-10-27:4661400:Comment:1617782013-10-27T09:27:26.515ZAlly Johnstonehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/AllyJohnstone
<p>I told my dad and he told me to stop making up stupid b*^ls$#t and walked off, I told my boyfriend and he said I must have an amazing imagination. Best to say, my dad will never get to listen to my stories that I literally put 7 years of effort and thinking into :)</p>
<p>I told my dad and he told me to stop making up stupid b*^ls$#t and walked off, I told my boyfriend and he said I must have an amazing imagination. Best to say, my dad will never get to listen to my stories that I literally put 7 years of effort and thinking into :)</p> I'm sorry to hear about what…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-10-21:4661400:Comment:1609632013-10-21T13:59:00.121ZTinkerbellhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/ShareenaClarke
<p>I'm sorry to hear about what you have had to go through with your friend. People can be very unkind but try not to worry too much about it, you will find better friends. I would advice you to be very weary of who you tell about your MD as not many people really understand what it is and their reactions could range from anything to being sympathetic to shunning you and telling others who will in turn avoid you. </p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear about what you have had to go through with your friend. People can be very unkind but try not to worry too much about it, you will find better friends. I would advice you to be very weary of who you tell about your MD as not many people really understand what it is and their reactions could range from anything to being sympathetic to shunning you and telling others who will in turn avoid you. </p> That is true. Such is life, I…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-09-22:4661400:Comment:1579582013-09-22T03:20:52.164ZSwanInTheWaterhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SwanInTheWater
<p>That is true. Such is life, I suppose.</p>
<p>That is true. Such is life, I suppose.</p> Thanks, Swan.
That is kind of…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-09-21:4661400:Comment:1577572013-09-21T21:04:36.954ZRashomon Effecthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/RogerLyda
<p>Thanks, Swan.</p>
<p>That is kind of you to say. But, it is not something I dealt with in the past and no longer occurs. I could tell you lots of times that people have been insulting to me. Family members who were abusive and on and on.</p>
<p>There are also folks who have been kind to me. Lots of people who love me. I have received accolades, standing ovations, thousands of votes, and there is at least one building dedicated to me. </p>
<p>It doesn't matter what is different about a person…</p>
<p>Thanks, Swan.</p>
<p>That is kind of you to say. But, it is not something I dealt with in the past and no longer occurs. I could tell you lots of times that people have been insulting to me. Family members who were abusive and on and on.</p>
<p>There are also folks who have been kind to me. Lots of people who love me. I have received accolades, standing ovations, thousands of votes, and there is at least one building dedicated to me. </p>
<p>It doesn't matter what is different about a person or what situation they are in. People will attack a person who is different. And the more a person accomplishes, the more people will despise and envy them and try to bring them down.</p>
<p>Regarding: "I wish people would be a little more sensitive sometimes."</p>
<p>People tell me that I should be more sensitive sometimes. I don't care what people say. I will be sensitive when I choose to and blunt/abrasive when I choose to.</p>
<p>Everybody is misunderstood and I don't think I have ever met anyone who has not been treated unfairly.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/ever-been-insulted-by-someone-you-told-about-mdd?page=1&commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A157724&x=1#4661400Comment157724"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Wow, I can't believe some people. I guess it makes them feel better about their lives. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.</p>
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</blockquote> Wow, I can't believe some peo…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-09-20:4661400:Comment:1577242013-09-20T02:31:58.842ZSwanInTheWaterhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SwanInTheWater
<p>Wow, I can't believe some people. I guess it makes them feel better about their lives. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.</p>
<p>Wow, I can't believe some people. I guess it makes them feel better about their lives. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.</p> I was in my early twenties. I…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-09-11:4661400:Comment:1565942013-09-11T04:47:32.258ZRashomon Effecthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/RogerLyda
<p id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_416" style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I was in my early twenties. I didn't have a lot of money. I had my own share of problems. But, I wanted to do what I could to help other people. <br></br><br></br>I wasn't a celebrity. I wasn't rich. And at the time, I wasn't a politician. I volunteered to help at the nearby soup kitchen. It is just as simple as that.…</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_416">I was in my early twenties. I didn't have a lot of money. I had my own share of problems. But, I wanted to do what I could to help other people. <br/><br/>I wasn't a celebrity. I wasn't rich. And at the time, I wasn't a politician. I volunteered to help at the nearby soup kitchen. It is just as simple as that. I drove my beat-up 1972 pickup to the soup kitchen. The homeless guys were gathered outside. My manner of walk indicated to them that there was something wrong with me. They jeered and mimicked my walk. Lots of people have. I went on with checking in and doing my part to prepare and serve the meal. I overheard one of the older guys joke to the fellow who ran the kitchen, </p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_301">"The retard didn't make this food, did he?"</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I will never forget that. I still think about that sometimes. It doesn't make me sad. It doesn't hurt my feelings. It is just odd. People are odd. Not just homeless people. All people.<br/><br/>The homeless guys still gather outside the soup kitchen just like they did more than twenty years ago. I have a nicer vehicle now. I was a politician for a while. Occasionally, some mean-spirited fellow makes a comment about me. Something like-</p>
<p id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_353" style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">"Did you have a good day at the pie factory?" (I think that means that he thinks I have an easy job.)</p>
<p id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_359" style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">"I wish my dad had been rich."</p>
<p id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_369" style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I'm not mentally challenged. I've never worked in a pie factory. My dad was not rich and when he died, I did not inherit anything from him. *shrugs*</p>
<p id="yui_3_7_2_36_1378872880235_452" style="color: #000000; font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I have been insulted a lot in my life. You don't always have to tell people secrets or say anything at all for people to make ignorant assumptions and insult you.</p>
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