Good Morning!

[MDT]

Hope the farewell is a good one my friend @Former-Member

[Former-Member]

@MDT @StuF Im just a bit fired up atm, I’m seeing the unfairness in society and it gets tome how people can think they’re better than someone else, with nothing to prove it

just reading lived experience stories 

any thoughts?

[Former-Member]

I just realized if everyone thinks you’re doing well no matter what you’re going through you will get the respect, admiration, socializing, and what ever basically fake it till you make it, makes you think 

[StuF]

@Former-Member 

Fake it till you make it certainly helps in many situations

But it kinda comes down to no one actually knowing anything about someone unless That Person describes their experiences and reactions etc to them in person. And even then it's subject to the person doing the telling only telling what they want to disclose...

If that's at all relevant! I started with an idea of what I wanted to say, but I'm not sure I got there! lol

[Former-Member]

ohh @Former-Member I also fake it til I make it sometimes!

But I also just want to say, all of us, no matter how well we are, deserve the respect and admiration of those around us, even when we're unwell. And although a lot of us have experiences where we feel stigmatised which make us feel like this isn't possible, I just wanted to say we all deserve respect ❤️

I agree with @StuF, a lot of the time it comes down to what we tell people. 

[Former-Member]

You guys seem to have a point @StuF @Former-Member @@it’s about a balance in the way display ourselves, pretending as though we are normal in a sense 

[StuF]

Yeah @Former-Member ,

But I think it's also acknowledging that no one else are 'normal' either

[Former-Member]

Oh it just gets more interesting @StuF 

[MDT]

Good night all
Thanks for your birthday messages

[Former-Member]

Theres no such thing as a better person.  It takes a lot of psychological energy and arrogance to maintain a position of superiority and you could be alienating someone beneficial to you.  I don't believe in that myth.  We are all at varying points of awareness and each person has their unique role to play whether they are able to acknowledge it or not @Former-Member. Don't let people get to you, maybe they just need to come down and join the human race!