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Posted by curtm on May 3, 2006, at 8:58:07
Has anyone spoken openly in a social setting with people they just met about their condition(s)?
I was at a BBQ for my son's baseball team a week ago and one mom started talking in the "mom gaggle" about how she is always tired and sleeps a lot because of her medication for her bipolar, her this and that (can't remember all of them.) My wife told me about it and she thought it was strange. I don't thnk I would ever do that.
Posted by john berk on May 3, 2006, at 15:14:13
In reply to Saying too much?, posted by curtm on May 3, 2006, at 8:58:07
Hi curt, for some odd reason i do that all too often, it is like i am looking for a fellow depressed kindred spirit or something, if someone in a group mentions being an alcoholic, i chime right in with my "disease" and how i cope, and if anyone mentions they are on prozac, or have ocd, i'm always ready to "chat" that up!! i really shouldn't be as open, it has backfired on me in the workplace, but for some reason i find comfort talking about my problems, although i never talk about it unless someone else brings it up first...john
Posted by teejay on May 3, 2006, at 19:11:25
In reply to Re: Saying too much? » curtm, posted by john berk on May 3, 2006, at 15:14:13
I think the majority of us feel at least to some degree neglected and let down by mainstream healthcare and somehow take comfort from a frivolous discussion with another sufferer.
I agree however that human nature being what it is that it somehow feels safer to speak openly to a stranger than to a friend. Weird!
Posted by curtm on May 4, 2006, at 8:52:56
In reply to Re: Saying too much? » curtm, posted by john berk on May 3, 2006, at 15:14:13
>> I really shouldn't be as open, it has backfired on me in the workplace,
** It's always sad to hear that your comments backfire at work. It happened to me, too and I completely blew my frankin' stein (?). You should have seen it. It was AWESOME!! There wasn't a soul in the place that wouldn't cower at the near sight of me for weeks...and everyone involved got their butts chewed from the boss.
Posted by john berk on May 4, 2006, at 16:06:33
In reply to Re: Saying too much? » john berk, posted by curtm on May 4, 2006, at 8:52:56
Hi Curt, cool, i'm glad you could straighten out the people at work, that is Awesome!!!!
It is sad when you confide in others, [who supposedly share your same diagnosis] and then here *bleep* behind your back, in my case almost everyone in the hospital i worked eventually became aware of my alcoholism after telling 1 co-worker. like they say, "misery doesn't love company, it demands it", seems some people get off on our downfall!! but i learned eventually, lol. take care....john
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