TW psych ward I had blocked most of that awful stay from my memory, but as I was watching a video, had a flashback. I was telling the nurse I had finally applied for disability benefits. The nurse told me "why do you want to be a burden to society?" 😭😭😭
@RedIsND Throwback to when I was mulling over taking a leave of absence and my psychiatrist said “why, so you can sit around and mope?”. He had a heart attack a few years later and jokingly told me that, after feeling amazing after bypass surgery, “I highly recommend it for anyone”.
@RedIsND You're not a burden to society, you're part of society. *hugs from my plushies*
@RedIsND I don't even know you, but I know you're not a burden to society! People can't grasp that we are different and function differently and assume we're incapable, but we're not. You're not. Never forget that!
@RedIsND So angry in your behalf! Here you are in a very vulnerable situation & you try to share a glimmer of hope only to be met with someone's backwards politics I would have said "that is a HUGE accomplishment! I honor how hard that is to fill out - props for doing it!!"
@RedIsND *hugs from my plushies and kitty*