Posted by Phil on April 23, 2002, at 21:56:01
In reply to Re: Gee whiz » allisonm, posted by Anyuser on April 23, 2002, at 17:15:36
If the mere existence of this board makes you feel like a second class citizen, then you've got an INSIDE problem to work on. You can disagree all you want but if it makes so many people feel 'lesser than' on the inside, then the board isn't your problem. I don't count anyone on any of these boards second class. Not when I know we are all fighting the same black dog.
Do we think we're better because we've been here longer, hell no! The well people leave..they're the ones you should be pissed at. We have a no easier time with this disease than someone who joined today. We've just been here longer, meds haven't changed that drastically, I'm a little better lately but this past year has been one of my worst. Does being an OT here boost my self-esteem when I didn't get to work for two days last week just because I was d o w n. Nope.
Maybe it could be because, with this disease, knowing the same people for several years and hearing their hopes and seeing them fall, then I fall and go nuts, but there is one big reward for being an oldtimer...we are still here, you know, like alive. That tends to make you very close to people. You care. Especially if you have shared losses of friends or saw someone stop posting and they had serious chronic problems for months beforehand. Are they alive? 7 come 11, it's 50/50.
Everyone that sticks around as long as we have, in my opinion, should be able to gain entrance
to the club as soon as that amount of time passes.Their real reward? They are still alive!
I think this board has saved a life or two and gives us a very unique opportunity. We get to talk to and become friends with so many others fighting the same stinkin stigma. No wonder we're all bitter sometimes. Who in the heck am I talking to. I got carried away.
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"Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive."
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