Posted by Bent on November 15, 2004, at 7:50:25
I am not very easily offended. Maybe its because I have spent so much of my life trying to please others and be perfect. This weekend, I was offended. I was at a friend’s house and a friend of that friend was there also. I don’t know this person very well, just an acquaintance really. A few of us were talking about severely dysfunctional families, several of us (including me) having come from one, and how it has impacted our lives as adults. That is when this friend of a friend jumped in and loudly stated that all we were talking about was “crap.” That “anxiety and depression and bipolar is all bullsh*t.” She said that my mom wasn’t abusive, “she was just b*tchy.” It went on a little longer but I had spaced out by that time. I just wanted to get out of that house and cry. I left shortly after that. I couldn’t bring my self to defend anything. I was just kinda shocked. I know anxiety, etc is not BS. Granted it affects everyone differently but I was just floored by her blatant disrespect and perhaps ignorance. I guess I should just take it as that. Maybe she just doesn’t know. Either way I was hurt and offended. I just needed to get this off my chest, to people I know will understand.
poster:Bent
thread:416135
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