Posted by bozeman on January 29, 2003, at 0:08:41
In reply to Re: disabilities, etc., posted by bpdzone2000 on January 28, 2003, at 8:22:48
> I can totally relate.
> I told a close friend about my illness and I think I scared the shit out of her. She just looked at me with wonder and mistrust.
> I say mistrust because it exlained some of my actions years ago although it was shaming, I think I lost some trust.
> Today I have friends that love me unconditionally. The ones that don't? Well it was a very painful lesson that I'm glad that I learned sooner than later.Yes!!! Isn't it just awful that, in this so-called "enlightened" age, that we still (for protection) have to hide ourselves, our illness, our medication, our true nature and fears, and our *names* for heaven's sake, out of fear of this kind of ignorant prejudice?
I've told three people -- my roommate, my boyfriend, and my mother. The people I trust with my life. No one else can be trusted to know, as they could/would just use it against me if the opportunity arose. It isn't that I don't like people, I just know them too well. :-) Sadly, ashamedly, I (ignorantly, uniformedly) used to think like them before it happened to me, so I do know how they think to a large degree.
What they don't know won't hurt them (or me) in this case.
poster:bozeman
thread:35807
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