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Diabetes Type 2 (T2D)
Depression
Generalized pain
Feeling of choking
Psychogenic non epileptic seizure
Anxiety (Including GAD)
Paresthesia of skin
Drowsiness
Memory Loss
Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Acute Anxiety
Hyperhidrosis
Acute lethargy
Chronic Generalized pain
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
Ipecacuanha
Nervousness
Chronic Pain
Nausea and Vomiting
Low Mood
Hallucinations
Anemia
Antisocial personality disorder
Breast Cancer
Asthma
Chronic Headache
Delusional disorder
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People are often surprised to find out I sing in a chorus
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at rehab i would write fake love letters to this girl and she never found out it was me. i’m in love with with her but she is straight. when i got out of rehab i stalked her and ended up flirting with her brother. i only flirted with him to try to get to her. he ended up falling in love with me and i blocked both of them and haven’t spoken to anyone from that facility since.🥳
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felt
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I'm asexual. When I tried to come out to my mom, she completely dismissed it. Makes me afraid to tell my dad
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I kissed a girl and I liked it 😂
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@JessyP me too
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I was diagnosed with brain tumor but freaking out lived it doctors so called said I had less than 3 weeks to live, now that was when I was 13 now 33 , though at times wished it did because life atm has no meaning to it for me
I'm tall I'm assuming I'm Asian at 5'11 though I really don't see much Asians that tall unless if I haven't been or seen anymore, though I hate it because I have joint & back pain.
219d
I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at 24 years old. Been in remission for 7 years now. ❤️🤗
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1. I can speak over 12 languages 2. I have lived in 10+ houses in 20 years 3. I have 112 different scars
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I can move my ears & my hair without shacking my head lols
262d
Everyone always thinks I'm so good at what I do in university and thinks it comes to me so easily. They have no idea the work I put in behind the scenes to even show up to lectures
That I have celiac disease. I swear people I have known and been with for almost ten years are like, what, really?? I'm like you've known since the freaking third grade??! 😆 😔 😟 🙁
@Irelan I also don't like chocolate. That seems to get them sometimes lol
I like magic and anything having to do with spirituality. (The supernatural, tarot readings, psychics). I like to believe that it's possible for it to be valid and to exist. I would like to dab a bit into the magical and spiritual world myself sometimes. It makes me feel powerful and in control. I like to mix it up with psychology and philosophy. Anything is possible if you ask me.
272d
Sometimes I imagine having kids with Justin Bieber and Chris Brown I also want biological kids and adopted I really believe John Edward a Puerto Rican tall like 6ft plus tall man is my God given husband but I believe he is already married with kids.
274d
Sometimes I feel like I'm in between disabled and abled communities. On my good days, I'm able to be very active for a couple hours (it's still quite painful though). Testing for my 2nd degree black belt very soon, I'm an occasional hiker and I go to the gym when I can. People see that and they think I'm fine. What they don't see are the dozens of medications and supplements I need to take (35 last I counted - both multiple times a day or as needed meds), the amount of prep it takes for me to do these things and how exhausted I am afterwards. Most people also don't see me on bad days when I can't walk without my cane or walker and can barely get out of bed.
That i have schizophrenia everyone sees me and they don’t believe me cause i dont have the paronoid kind
That I have ASD and ADHD. "But you don't look/act __!" Because my mask is so glued to my face that I don't know who I am :')
I wouldn't be alive today if my late dad hadn't saved my life when I was about 18 months old.
275d
People are often surprised that I have had the issues that I have had and survived
Most people do not know I have an associates degree in network administration and knowledge of cyber security! I am also currently working on my bachelor's in business administration degree.
I was a fencer, I fenced foil for around 20 years and was chosen yo fence for the RAF in 1981.
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Hello
287d
I take more psych meds than most of my clients and experience more active symptoms. I work in mental health with people with varying forms of psychosis (MDD, BP, BPD Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective disorders) and I am also plagued with multiple mental health disorders. But am insightful enough to know what’s wrong and can identify the warning signs but also able to convince myself it isn’t as serious as it obviously is.
Despite being extremely self aware and open about my thoughts, patterns, conditions, etc from years of therapy I'm still extremely insecure to the point of isolation. But when most people see me, they see someone who is smiley, talkative, outgoing, and engaging.
292d
I’m 48 years old and STILL don’t have a drivers license nor do I know how to drive.
293d
I'm terrified of elevators and aeroplanes (because they're big elevators) so have been climbing stairs on crutches for 12 years and when I'm in too much pain to use my crutches, I go up and down on my bum or sleep on the floor downstairs.
299d
That I am part of a did system, so surprising it surprised me! (Though it's a self diagnosis) we don't often switch who is fronting 🧊🫘
303d
I have facet arthritis. And can't walk for long periods at a time or a burning pain/ needles will go down my lower back and to my lower legs and make me fall. So I use a motorized scooter in Walmart sometimes. Everyone looks at me funny. Thinking I'm taking advantage of the little carts but it's really my arthritis. 🫣🫣😥
308d
I was cleared to drive again 4 months ago.
I can't drive 😭, I should have gotten my licence like over a year ago
I can make lots of tongue shapes, I can voice multiple characters, and am a very good singer
310d
I love a rainy day. It makes me feel so calm and connected. Others always say it lowers their mood, but it makes me happy! 🌧 Nothing beats the sound of rain on a tin roof 😌
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@moodycatmum me too, others complain when it rains but I love a good thunderstorm ⛈️
319d
My family treats me different bc I don’t have kids and can’t have kids but I was first kid married. So I basically distance myself.
I was homeschooled for most of my life and never went to public school. I have social anxiety really bad and most people say they can’t tell. They don’t think I seem like “an awkward homeschooler”
I was born and raised in Hawaii-- and can't swim!
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I have a weird habit of silently walking up to or behind people and waiting for them to turn around or face me. It usually gives my friends quite a scare. I don't know why, but I always kinda laugh a bit at their fear when they turn around, expecting to see nobody, and instead, they see a silent figure staring back and then they realize it's just me.
@GreenFoxFren that’s so funny 😆
321d
I have an identical twin who is the bestest bestiiiieeeeee 😁
336d
I sing! And just recently found out my vocal range is the rarest among female vocal ranges (contralto) examples being Cher, Amy Winehouse, Lana Del Ray.
@Kmlb5464 so cool! I just sing and play with my voice, but I have no clue how to figure out what it is, how to train and what to do with my skill, I know that I could be a very good voice actor
I wanted to be a pilot. I hot diagnosed with my conditions as part of my final medical before getting my licence. I'm now an auditor :(
I have fibromyalgia, do jui jitsu, and rock climb 💪🏼😎 After years of PT I'm back at it. (Then I'm crazy symptomatic but worth it😌)
359d
I have horrible self esteem because my older sister was abusive. I tried to fix how I saw myself through hypnosis and it never work and only created more issues for myself. It's something I'm actively trying to fix right now. I've never told this to anyone. It's been my longest kept secret.
377d
I feel like an imposter even though I'm on SSDI and in constant pain, because I don't look sick. I'm judging myself. I'm awful.
381d
Just how much I know. People tend to underestimate me because of my anxiety but it gives the perfect opportunity to observe and learn
389d
I'm an actress!
@BethEntrekin anything we might have seen 😁
I used to be a foil fencing instructor and fenced for the air force. Now I cannot stand for more than 5 minutes.
394d
People constantly tell me I'm too young to be sick and it DRIVES ME NUTS because I wish my body agreed.
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395d
I’m 25 and never been in a relationship. I’ve tried dating and it’s never worked out.
@Aunty_Kay that’s not that too bad, I didn’t have my first relationship till I was in my 30’s.
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I am constantly in so much unbearable pain, but because I can't get a diagnosis I have to work like nothing is wrong. Even though I use a cane and/or forearm crutches outside of work, and need a wheelchair but can't get one because they're expensive and I can't get a diagnosis
402d
I have bpd but don't act like a cartoon villain
@AriEden Felt this as someone with NPD lmao
403d
People are often surprised when I say I have ME/CFS when I'm a nursing student
406d
I'm a conpulsive liar. But my dad is hot
407d
I used to ride for British Showjumping and started riding when I was 6
Most people I meet are surprised when I tell them I'm autistic..
im autistic….. and pretty and have a degree. You can imagine how many “are you really?” i get…. 😞
408d
People tell me I’m still a lot smarter than most, but I feel like a moron.
409d
I'm 20 going on 21 and I'm just getting my license this month.
412d
Im actually smart, though, I dont show it enough
I only learned to ride a bike this year (22) with help of my bf. I was really scared and embarrassed but now I can ride a bike!! 🚲
414d
I have to pretend to be happy at school so I don’t ruin the mood for everyone.
415d
I always felt like I was different from others and didn't know why. Now I know its because I was Neurodivergant.
That I have adhd. Undiagnosed for ages I'm now 34 just diagnosed and I'm a nurse.
The fact I have depression, people are surprised cause I seem so happy all the time
416d
My first, late husband was an elephant trainer and I went on a circus with him for a time. This was before kids, of course.
417d
I just want to feel like someone actually cares for me and is actually there for me
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My eyes change colour WITHOUT contacts
420d
It’s not medical related, but I can play the recorder with my nose. XD it’s just a fun fact about myself!
I have awful anxiety due to autism and ADHD but no one noticed because I smile and mask so well 😅 I always get told I don't look anxious even people who have known me years struggle to notice when I'm anxious Also No one notices when I'm in pain as I don't express it well it easily or maybe I just express it wrong but with fibromyalgia I'm always in pain no one notices it though even when I say I'm in pain they think it's a little pain They don't know I've been doing chores and functioning with a almost two week migraine and gradual spreading nerve pain (I'm in flare up ATM)
I understand completely because I was raised to hide anything negative
I'm a horrible person...like deep down I know it but I was raised to put on the best face but it's just a mask that hides who I really am.
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I don't actually listen to music 🤷♂️ that one always surprises people and makes them stop and ask why. I occasionally look up a particular song that floats into my head for the lyrics but otherwise I just don't feel compelled to listen to things 24/7 and can even get headaches because I can't get it out of my head (I think it's related to my adhd favoring aural input and repeating it over itself in a feedback loop in my subconscious)
422d
I have a crippling injury to my low back and am afraid that the next time I fall on the ice will be the last time I'll be independent.
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I’m not sure…the only thing that comes to mind is my age. I’m 39, about to turn 40 in 6 months. But everyone thinks I’m 10-15 yrs younger than I really am. I’ve even had guys approach me on social media after just seeing my photo and them not knowing my age assume I was in my 20s. When they figured out I was much older. They got angry at me. Which is crazy because I never represented myself as any specific age. After having that happen quite a few times. I’ve now started telling people my age right away.
424d
I can ride a unicycle, I grew up in a barn, and I'm getting my motorcycle license this month! My house burned down when I was 8, I was raised in a cult, I have 8 siblings and I live with my boyfriend and my family thinks its a sin.
@PrettyPolar2 were you raised Mormon? The cult, 8 siblings, and “living with your boyfriend is a sin” sounds like Mormonism (I was raised Mormon, now ex Mormon)
I struggle to recall day to day facts but ask me about obscure rules from tabletop role play games back in editions long past and I can reel them off no problem.
I dont follow "normal" when things are wrong.
I don't have a bellybutton
432d
People gush about my intelligence but I feel like a moron most of the time. Imposter Syndrome or great at bullshit?
441d
I'm Bi-Polar, Bi-Sexual and I'm working on being Bilingual. I'll be the tri bi in no time 😁
@PrettyPolar2 love that!!! We can be tri bi buddies 😂😁😁😁
I didn't realize I have been a perfectionist my whole life but during college I became depressed because I couldn't live up to my own standards so I kepted quitting. I watched a seminar a few weeks ago and it made me feel so seen, I'm a recovering perfectionist and I'm going to do a medium job at it lol
I just gave myself early valentines presents
That I have adhd lol. They think because I'm above average and get A's in school I would never have adhd
@Crawfish This why I wasn’t diagnosed until spring of senior year (HS), when the pain had finally gotten bad enough to affect my performance.
I hate being asked what my gender is.....I don't see myself as female or male.....on forms there's never a I don't know answer lol
442d
I'll go with a small one for now. People think I'm twelve because I'm 4'11 and have a supposed baby face. However, I'm 20 and people judge my boyfriend because they think he's dating a child. (He's 6'3 but a year younger than me.)
I’m legally blind and own a small business!
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I hate my family. I love them so much but I truly truly hate them deep down. I’ll never be able to do a fraction of what they can. Will never get to experience even 5% of what they consider living a life. They get to experience youth and growth and then old age meanwhile I’m already physically old and am only going to keep deteriorating as I age. They get upset and depressed over not being able to snowboard on a Friday instead of a Wednesday while I will always be depressed over the fact that I can’t go snowboarding. Can’t run. Can’t jog. Can’t skip. Can’t drive. Can’t go into space no matter how hard I studied or wtf I did right. Can’t just untie my shoes and re tie on the drop of a dime when they’re too tight or don’t fit just right. Can’t take care of kids or cousins or nieces or nephews or a dog. Can’t make myself up a home cooked meal no matter how many blisters or hours are spent.
@T1ffj regarding space, I’ve considered offering myself up as a test subject. Long term living in microgravity and the heart (that’s the one organ I know is up to snuff; my cardiologist couldn’t believe my last Holter Monitor report, and for the opposite of the usual reading: it was better than most healthy people), or something. The anger is hard, but you’re allowed to be pissed: your life is not what the average person will get to experience through no fault of your own.
@T1ffj We all carry a bag full of hardship’s, worries and difficult situations in our lives! If you could switch bags with someone you didn’t know, taking their problems and hardships? I realize we can become consumed with how great someone’s life appears! The grass may seem more plentiful on the other side of the fence… To live in a reality that puts us as a victim is non productive on any level! Being grateful for what you have in life no matter how small!! There will always be people that have less than you! Put your victimhood in the past, live in the here and now; your good choices will help create a better future!
@T1ffj May I ask if you have a physical disability?
I've had 5 miscarriages in the last 2 yrs (using multiple forms of contraception and rarely having sex)
Best friend die in my arms 😥
People have no idea I love country music and watching cartoons
448d
I have a little blue birthmark.
I've always been known for being smiley and happy but I struggled with suicide when I was young... No one knew.
I don't like being touched often for someone who's love style is physical affection.
450d
I love extreme weather, but I don't like to open up to people about it. I've worked with people who have PTSD from 1974. Within the past few years extreme events are hitting closer to home so I just wait for someone else to open up to me before I get excited.
If I wasn't sick I would be a model and art teacher.
I’m bisexual and I’ve never told my family and I don’t plan on telling them. I’m in a happy relationship with a man and even if I wasn’t with anyone, I just couldn’t be with a woman. It’s too scary.
@BrokenPotato my family also do not know, my twin and partner does ☺️
@BrokenPotato Same! My partner identifies as the opposite gender to me so I've spent a long time feeling like it doesn't matter/no one cares I'm bi. But it matters and I hear you!
@MindPill Same here! I'm with a man but I think about being with a woman it sounds so freeing!
451d
I'm chronically ill and I suffer with depression.. I've sadly gotten too good at hiding it..
I was a qualified scuba instructor
i age regress to about 5 & even when i’m not regressed, i’m very engaged with childlike things & behaviours
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1 I get travel sick at the front of the bus not the back of the bus (I love buses)but at the back of the car I get travel sick but not at the front of the car 2 im afraid of spiders when there dead but love them when there alive and I’m not afraid 3 when I’m drunk instead of well making me stupid it makes me sleepy 4 I often use rum to put myself to sleep and when I need to puke I use it to and it helps
I’m fine on the outside but a car smash inside
I was an unexpected child. So I was raised by my grandparents. They tought me everything. They taught me art, which is my current career path. My parents always tried to have me go into something else or have a different hobby. But now I make a good living off of it, and don't really talk to them anymore. And they constantly try to put me down.
I am slowly turning into a transgender male
people always ask me why i never wear my hair up, why i cover my month when i laugh, why i never look people in the eye, why i hide my face all the time, and why i refuse to wear a bathing suit. it’s all bc i’m so insecure it’s debilitating. i am constantly thinking “i look so bad rn” “ how can people even look at me i’m gross” “i hate myself” “no one will ever like me” but i’m too scared to tell ppl this bc no one understands. 😔
@xoxogossipgirl I do because I feel that exact way always judging yourself but not others it’s sad to think like this but it’s true you don’t really get over it sometimes you do sometimes you don’t when I’m drunk I feel like I love myself then I fall asleep but when I wake up I absolutely hate myself and I use rum often to help my anxiety even to sleep no medicine works to put me to sleep so I use rum
All I can think about is killing myself
I Have Over 20 Chronic Illnesses Includin NeuroDevelopmental Disorders And Have Been Traumatized By Abuse Every Day From As Young As 4 Years Old And To EveryOne InCluding Me And My Abuser I Seemed To Be Perfectly Normal Without Any Signs Of Trauma Or Abuse
@Bean69 By Chronic Illnesses Tho I Mean Anythin From Illnesses To Chronic Conditions And NeuroDevelopmental Disorders
I'm part psychic sometimes I predicted my grandmas heart attack in a dream and I saw my baby cousins gender in my dream as well.
@Ashcookie that’s amazing I’m spiritual myself
I see sound and feel color.
@Betta that's awesome 😁😁
@Betta that’s amazing
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I auditioned for America's got Talent and the Voice.
I have only seen my family once in the last 17 years because they refuse to get to know me after my brain injury.
@GothHippie that's awful, in sure your awesome 🤗
@GothHippie that’s sad you poor thing it’s not your fault it’s theres
are you okay?
@ScottishSea yes, thanks for asking. Are you?
same here, high performer at work,well liked . But can't talk to the few friends I have .. lol
That I am having a seizure right now. Worries then because all they know is the TV version of seizures 😂
@IAmTired247 I have PNES/NED I actually understand this. I hope you are feeling better.
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When I tell people about my bipolar before I was medicated. I was diagnosed young and treated you so everyone except some family has never seen my violent and aggressive manic side because I now try so hard to live exactly the opposite. I'm overly nice and gentle. It's almost like people have trouble comprehending that I could ever be that way. Medication WORKS.
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I could never ride a bike. I tried until I was twelve, and gave up. turns out I have a chiari malformation, which affects balance and coordination. for christmas my parents got me a bike with three wheels to help with balance. I can’t wait to try it out… and finally ride a bike!
@teiovex my niece is autistic and struggles with coordination, we are getting her a trike which she can't wait for 😁
@teiovex this is so sweet I'm so happy for you, I love thar your parents saw your disadvantage and helped you achieve your dream!
No matter how hard I try to get my life together it just keeps getting worse. I can't trust anyone. Not even myself. I don't do well alone and have been abused most of my life.
@LynnKenzie I have been working on trusting myself. I have been celebrating small victories. I threw my sister a surprise party today and didn't have intrusive thoughts after everyone left. I jumped in the air because I want to be proud of myself even if its in a childish way. Baby steps are the way to go, trusting yourself in little things with pay off!
@LynnKenzie that’s sad Ik how you feel I can’t trust anyone ether but I had been very lucky and given a second chance with someone special and well we hit it off don’t loose hope matey you may find someone who can be trusted
458d
I miss my job like crazy, it made me so happy. Now i fight suicidal thoughts dailÿ
Every one see me as happy and smiling but inside I'm broken upset and hurting, the outside me is just a act like I live a play day in day out and no one sees real me
@Godloved oh dear that’s sad Ik how you feel because that’s me I can’t give much help but what helped me through it was a quote the quote is “My scars tells a story they a reminders of when life tried to break me but failed”
I'm autistic. And no one believes it because I am well-spoken and make eye contact.
459d
I’m a full time therapist (I work with autistic kids), I have my own apartment, a car, but I also have FND. My illness is invisible to others most of the time, but when I have higher support needs, people around me treat it as a choice I’ve made to inconvenience them/attention seek. As a result, I’m constantly burning myself out, which makes my symptoms way worse than if I were allowed to listen to my body in the first place.
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@Valkyrie people are be judgemental you just have to try your best to deal with it
I have been to court for accusations of being a witch because "my pain gives me psychic abilities! And powers my spells" I actually have an aptitude towards seeing patterns in people and an inability to shut up when my pain is at it's worse and I'm annoyed with people. I'm as psychic as the world is consistently and annoyingly predictable.
@LadyBrownharth that’s amazing that your spiritual im very spiritual myself and yes many think im crazy because I can pick up on personalities in ferries buses and other ships at sea and buildings and toys
I'm ambidextrous sorta. Some things I can only do with one hand like writing or holding a bb gun. But most everything else I can easily switch.
I'm terrified of having a child with my chronic issues. But at the same time, I want one.
People normally leave me when they see me break down...
461d
I suffer chronic anxiety and just finished a post grad in CBT THERAPY 🙌
I have functional depression. But people don't believe me when I tell them because I mask it pretty well.
People think I'm stupid because I have to do things and make a buch of mistakes to learn it.
@MerlinTheWizard Mistakes are the proof that you are trying.
@MerlinTheWizard Making mistakes makes people smarter not more stupid. Don't let them tell you that you can't make it. You CAN and you WILL make it and I believe in you!
I have severe-debilitating anxiety and people think it’s similar to being worried about a quiz when sometimes I cannot leave my home.
@Knees I understand that feeling. I stayed locked up in my house for 2 years before deciding to face my fears and make a friend on my street
462d
I have autism and a phobia of pet animals.
@littlechip I'm scared of dogs
I feel like everyone I meet will leave me or I will hurt them badly so I leave them before they can get close
@lovelycrystal I have had that to I was lucky with one but I’m still afraid she’ll abandon me no matter how many times she reassures me she’s not
@lovelycrystal same here. But i finally met a friend who saw me break down and still wants to be friends with me. So maybe you and I aren't so alone as we think we are
I'm not neuro-typical
Probably that I'm very self conscious, because I come across and confident
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Im a streamer on Twitch
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I'm terrified I don't have a real personality, scared I have just combined others.
I'm 5 years clean off crystal meth and a convicted felon 4 times.
475d
I mask & function well socially because I am afraid of what will happen and what people will think of me if I am my natural self. And, I always regret having masked because putting up an outgoing/extroverted façade is exhausting.
My extream ego like when someone trys to attack me and then i send something like sonic saying that sure is intressting but i dont care oh how that infureates them
A lot of people think I am a B*%@! Because when they first see me I have the resting b*%@! Face. I am probably one of the nicest people they could meet. One good thing about it is that a lot of people will not come up to me because they think that! So I am not crowded with people! Haha
I have slightly shaky hands, not due to Parkinsons or a degenerative disease, not from tardive dyskinesia, not from anxiety, but it means you don't want me serving your martini! It happens alone at home when relaxed, so it just seems normal to me. I can't understand your worries completely but I do know that the medical community is coming up with new solutions and the herbal and natural remedies are becoming more accessible as more and more young professionals espouse natural foods. I hope that you find something to help alleviate your symptoms now that will also help ease the worries! If you were ever a child who wanted an exotic pet, you could explore having a service monkey. I kid not! Give your worries a bit of the ridiculous and they won't seem so scary, like the Boggart in the closet in Harry Potter. https://monkeyhelpers.org/
@betsybetsybetsy2021 my exotic pet is a wolf sorta rescued her and she became my emotional support animal many people think a wolf would make a horrible emotional support because there not friendly that really pisses me off because it’s like they don’t understand that working animals are not meant for other’s satisfaction there there for that persons needs but truth is exotic pets wolf or not do make great emotional support animals because there close to that one person there there for
Big projects are run by very average seeming people like me. #girlboss
476d
I was selective mute as a kid. Unsure if it was anxiety or autism that caused that.
I walk on my tippytoes everywhere. No matter what. Its so muh comfier and quiet. I hate footstep sounds. I scare people a lot cuz i dont have heavy steps. I dont dot my i's. I LOVE ALGEBRA. I have heterchromia but its from sterling blue and sterling green so theres a very small difference in my eyes. But its there. I have tinnitus and will go deaf sometimes for hours on end. My guilty pleasure is stupid black graphic ts. They are my fave.
I was born with Bladder Exstrophy and downloaded this app to find my alike, only to find out that no one else had this rare medical condition. It even surprised the search bar! 😂🤧
I'm terrified of losing dexterity in my hands to arthritis
I wish my disabilities weren't invisible to strangers so that I wouldn't be treated like just a weird lazy person
My mental health is getting so bad that I’m looking into different ways to self medicate, because my doctors don’t listen to me. And it’s gets so dark I’m trying my best to stay alive so I’ll do what it takes. Because I have goals to hit.
That I am an introvert. I put a mask on my face and pretend to be different because extroverts have it easier, but I am so tired of it...
I love to cook but baking soothes my soul! I love, love, love my Tarot!
i really like making things
I got a scholarship to college for playing the Viola!!!🎻
@CSweet94 wow! Congratulations!
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I feel no one understands or even tries to understand what fibro does to someone. My family is very loving and supportive but never really cared to actually learn about it. It makes you feel lonely because you can't talk about it when people don't know about it.
@luv2mypuppers and that loneliness does not help that FMS one bit!
478d
Some people are very surprised that Im autistic cuz Im so smart and I hide it very well
I have a blue birthmark and a chronic cough.
That I'm depressed 😂
479d
I have to listen to loud music when I go outside as I feel people are judging me and starring at me I feel really uncomfortable and I need to block it all out it's even more worse in Spain it's my favorite holiday destination but I get long stares it makes me feel discussting and ugly.
Well,I'm actually pretty bad at trusting people. I'm pretty open about myself so people see that as trust, but honestly I don't think I can truly say I feel safe around most people.
487d
I'm very autistic with adhd, no one seems to believe me but what they don't realize is I act very, very different when im alone and not masking. having chronic pain on top of that makes it even worse because people especially don't believe you're in pain when you've learned how to not react to it from being desensitized.
I'm a freak, autistic, and allergic to eggs. That all surprises people. I'm not open about my sexuality or gender
when I tell you I had to check if I wrote this comment rq, I'm not even kidding. 🥲🤚🏻 same bruh. She used mental hospitals as punishments and all she had to do was start a physical fight and tell the police I had bipolar (misdiagnosed at the time [bpd now] because she wouldn't allow me to be alone with my psychiatrist and if they didn't allow that she'd find me a new one)
I know how to butcher chickens and professional unicorn handler!
489d
Even though my mum will recognise sometimes I am in too much pain to walk and when I still lived with her would send me back to bed for bedrest she simultaneously refuses to acknowledge I am disabled
I went down a steep hill on a normal bike, and then fileted my left lower leg, as I put all my weight on my leg, still going down with no padding just shorts on, and I skid all the way down to the bottom of the hill, where I got up and just walked to my house, blood all over the asphalt, plus skin, rock lodged in my knee to this day, and we went to the er which it was a huge scab till it finally healed after a couple months
492d
I cut myself
@Faith._Regina I use to do this when I was younger and sometimes still feel the need but I focused my energy on something else to break that cycle!
I'm a drag performer 👑
@Lkbmotion wish I could see a show! I love the makeup and outfits!
493d
I have anxiety, but also ADHD, which seems to cancel out the anxiety at times, which is why I can be such a social butterfly. Working retail for 11 years helped, too 😊
I'm extremely insecure. About my looks, my future, even my career. I don't think I'm pretty, so I always doubt ever being able to get married or have kids, which is one of the things that I want most in the world. When it comes to my career, I have an MS in Education, and I'm just an aide. I keep trying for teaching positions and getting passed over. I've come close to giving up on trying to get these jobs.
@Krista17 keep your head up! You must try and think that your going to land that! Own it! Go in with the attitude I GOT THIS!
I'm 29 and only have my permit to drive. I'm horrified of driving alone or even being in a car in general 🥺
Even though everyone sees me as put together and strong most days I fall apart at night.
497d
Im actually not so innocent…. 😂
I can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute 🤓
I'm 29 and I'm pretty sure I have ED...
I am always in some sort of pain whether that be emotional, physical or mental.
Can't speak in front of large groups but can sing karaoke in front of anyone!
I have a 9 year old
498d
The original, ‘40 yr old virgin’. I think you owe me some money Steve Carell.
I seem chill on the outside but in reality I'm 12 idiots trying to pilot a meat suit and failing miserably
I have a very very dark, pessimistic brain - you wouldn’t know it till I let you know it because my masking personality is cheerful and bubbly
499d
It always shocks people when I say how old I am because I don't look my age lol and especially when I say I have heart disease they always say " you would never know you look so healthy" and oh your young you got your health, yeah I wish! 25 and I feel like an 80 year old 💔
@yumzy199725 I can totally relate to this. I'm 22 and was mistaken for 13, and I also get your so young and you look heathy comment. I also always say I feel 80 lol *twins*. If you want a friend I'm here and I have EDS
503d
I have 2 kids. I don't think anyone was expecting that.
I'm kind and timid, so people are always surprised to find out I'm a metalhead. And I don't mean Metallica. They're not hard enough for me. I listen to bands like Architects and Nothing More.
I failed NoNutNovember 😥
A secret I have is I be feeling secretive like there are things I’d like to keep to myself but I also value having knowledge and knowing secrets idk ewie also I’m so into my birth chart and horoscope and HOODOO and actually having a practice and valuing my spirituality rather than the specific religion but a specific practice has helped me many sending love to all
I have more pain than anyone actually knows because I don't tell them... it's a lonely place but I'm not ready for those close to me to know. I fear they will push even harder at getting on disability. Thing is... my adhd won't let me stay home and my anxiety about that sucks
@Luker I understand you completely, I understand just grin and bearing the pain never telling anyone and the fear of being pushed to make that decision. I eventually made that decision myself bc I could not work no matter how much I wanted to. I know keep myself busy with other things. If you want a friend I'm here Ik how lonely it feels.
504d
Putting myself out there with this one but... I'm one of *those* True Crime fans. If you know, you know.
I stayed friends with the person that rejected me, because I'm too much. I valued his presence in my life over me getting continously hurt he doesn't know its been 4 years still love him 🙄😳🥴
505d
I'm too gullible sometimes and I give people the benefit of the doubt but I get hurt in the end.
That I can't lie. I look rough and was a chronic liar as a kid, now as an adult due to trauma I cant lie and let it sit for more than a few seconds before admitting to it
On the outside, I seem like an Asian genius—I got into college at 14 and get As in all my classes, and I’m a teaching assistant for a senior capstone program… But I’ve been through so much trauma, I had to take a gap year to be in treatment for my ED, and struggle with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and body dysmorphia everyday, not to mention having very fragile health. You never know what someone is struggling with on the inside.
I have a muscle connected from my jaw to the top of my left eyelid that causes it to move up and down when I eat or yawn. It’s embarrassing and annoying when children stare at me
I can sing but only a few have ever really heard
I have no ability to taste sour
506d
Something in me feels off…but I have yet to figure out what exactly that is
512d
I once made up a horrible story about being sexually attacked and made myself believe it because it gave me something that was worse than what was happening at home, so that the situation at home didn't seem so bad
@Jewelicorn I don't judge you for that it was your way of coping and that is okay. I made up stories to escape my home life to. I want you to know your not alone. 💕
I've been struggling with codependency my whole life and, now that I'm doing something about it, I can see just how easy it is to end up there, and I'm kinda scared that I'll fall back into it in the future and not realize
@Sevyn0Sevyn I understand this feeling. It's almost like an impending sense of failing. Im here if you need and I believe in you 💕
I've got 11-13 people in my head and they're all gay
@Something_Strange Also that I got all four of my helix peirceings done in one day :)
516d
I’ve done all my tattoos myself except for one, I think I have maybe 20 sum nd counting!!
I have over 10 tattoos & im not done yet!
520d
I have SVT and an extra valve in my heart!
People look at me and see a slim person. Very much so. They don’t see the fact my heart rate going up a mere 10 bpm alone can put me into calorie burn mode. My “eating disorder” is actually my sympathetic system going overboard. Yes. I have gained a good aversion over the last 13 years of this …. But no I DO wanna be heavier. I DO! 51 years old and 99 lbs is really uncomfy! That’s my dirty little secret. If I get excited (and eating amps me up!) i lose weight. It’s probably gonna kill me. But now at least the Fitbit helps me explain it. 😥
521d
no one believes i’m autistic! i’m an actress so masking comes easily haha
@mermaidap This! Because I'm high functioning no one believes me. Masking is so draining. Wish I didn't have to. And for what it's worth I believe you 💓
People don’t believe me about having multiple chronic illnesses because I’m in graduate school so I must be fine
@JoranTal I can relate to this. I have EDS and it's hard to do anything. I have multiple illnesses and ppl always have something to say. I'm here if you need me. Much love
522d
I spend most of my time online presenting as female. I'm honest about it with online acquaintances, but most people I know irl have no idea.
I have a color changing birth mark! It never tans, rarely sun burns, and turns red / purple when I am cold or angry lol
@OurLadyOfChaos That’s kinda cool! Never heard of that before :)
I was in a folk band
I’m asexual
523d
I have a past of self harm and due to recent circumstances I've gone back to it.
@yukki Relapses are bound to happen I was clean in May and relapsed. Your doing the best you can and I'm here if you ever want to talk. 💕
I have had a long history of trama, abuse, loss, cronic physical and mental health issues. I am still stand as a (;) survivor.
@DrakellaEuphrates right here with you and I'm SO PROUD OF YOU if no one has told you 💕
I actually have a giant you know what. The girls in high-school found out and then they all wanted to see it. As you can guess I was pretty popular for awhile and had many encounters.
I look like I'm about 12-15, depending on the day. I'm in my 20s. They don't expect me to have the skills or knowledge I have.
I have agoraphobia (should not surprise people, but it does)
@Eren2273 I do as well. I haven't met anyone with it. Would you be my friend ?
When my bipolar was severely untreated I was dangerously violent towards myself and others. I was young but I had to be restrained often and spent a lot of my days blacked out. Since I've been properly medicated I've spent all of my time becoming the exact opposite of that because I hated that person and that I hurt the people I loved and it's made me turn so strongly away from violence. I couldn't hurt a fly in my right mind. No one ever picked fights with me in school because I never put out that kind of energy and im just an overly nice gentle human being. Lots of people that know me today would never believe I used to physically hurt people and still would if my mania ever got that out of control again.
526d
I was born four months premature and was one pound two ounces and was on a breathing machine until I was one
I'm very very religious and conservative in my beliefs. Unexpected because I frequently struggle with sex and drugs and can be shocking enough to make a biker blush. My Bipolar 1 created 2 completely different personalities.
528d
The thing about me that surprises people is that I’m allergic to chocolate. I haven’t had any since I was 14 (I’m 54 now.) I really don’t miss it.
I never learned to ride a bike
@Xylns86 me either!
I can't snap my fingers
That I'm really really smart. People assume I'm slow because I take a little time understand things. Also I'm a dark person that loves metal and hard rock but I'm really sweet and polite.
@amandasnyder588 I relate to this they believe bc of my many learning disabilities I'm dumb but I'm actually extremely intelligent I love metal and rock! You sound awesome 😎
that i have hearing problems lol
I look less fatty than how heavy i actually am
@jojoPanda same when I say I'm 240 no one believes me
All of my disabilities appeared after having long COVID. I also got the job of my dreams at the same time. So I've been thrown into a lot at once. I feel like I want to put my best foot forward at my job but I'm physically the worst I've ever been in my life I JUST had all of these disabilities pop up and don't know how to take care of myself with them yet.
i have a disorder that i cannot get officially diagnosed with. this is just referring to my c-ptsd, as in america it is not considered an official diagnosis, but my therapist said that she would diagnose me with it if she could
529d
I used to have long hair. Context, a few years ago (like 2) I have long hair and this was around when I was transitioning, and I figured out "Hey, short hair is comfortable" and now I'm missing 3/4 of it (buzzed off)
I'm an ordained minister
I was my cousin's influence into drugs which eventually killed him in 2019.
@BeanBetter all my love you 💕
530d
I feel alone all the time even when around others and am in constant pain from injuries and illnesses
@Tyler71 I can understand this loneliness and pain. I'm here if you need and proud of you for staying strong.
That i struggle with mental health on the level that I do for as long as I have.
That I’m autism-camouflaging in any social situation, even through text messages. Even with friends and family I’ve known almost my whole life. Even with my closest friends who understand it and/or experience it themselves. Even when I’m alone with nothing but my own thoughts.
I’m one of those people who look like everything is going well in my life and that everything goes my way. If they only knew how miserable I feel. It’s not that my life isn’t going well, it’s the fact I’m still miserable with me being “successful.”
I feel like an alien trying very hard at being human, but not understanding my body or my brain or feelings. It’s lonely.
i almost died about a year ago... i haven't been the same since
😥 I hate feeling n being alone n I'm scared to death
@Izzy2345 want to be my friend?
That I have depression when I seen really happy on the outside
I hate being alone. I have no friends.😥😥
@Nikki03 want to be my friend?
531d
That I have no friends and that I hate being sociable
I have no friends.
@VolcanoMama I can be your buddy.
Despite having an IQ of 131 I can't hold or even get a job because I am autistic. Just cause Im verbal or don't need help doing basic things doesn't mean I'm high functioning or whatever when it comes to my complicated aspects of life
I am borderline autistic and have low self esteem
i don't think most people know what's going on in my mind and body, but that's a pretty common chronic illness thing. i also generally look enough like a punk to be suspicious, especially to older people, but not enough to be cool. ::p no piercings other than ears, a small simple tattoo on my wrist, hair that hasn't been cut or dyed in 6+ months. sometimes don't have eyebrows, fairly visibly queer (though i guess i "male fail" with a mask). i don't usually bother with makeup anymore. but i have looked enough like a "freak" that i've been mistreated by doctors and strangers in public alike. people act like the ways i decorate myself are for attention, but i could really not give a single fuck about the attention and generally do not want it (beyond encouraging others to question their normal). i just put things on me that are comfortable or i enjoy. people don't like that. i guess my deeper secrets are that i spend around 40% of my time as an alternate personality (but not really an alter - my plurality is very ambiguous despite our distinctly different personalities). that personality is one of an animal who has the mentality of a child, speaks in a toddler-like voice, shouts (indoor voice) a lot, etc. it's a sharp contrast to my generally very serious, verbose, analytical self, and i try and suppress it in public - i get enough hate for being a disabled, queer, alternative young person! and enough people vehemently and blindly hate child regressors - much less childplay, or plurals, or otherkin, or furries, or anything similar to what that personality appears to be - that i'm terrified expressing it here as well, as if it's some sort of mar on my comment history and no one will ever take my advice seriously again. it was something i tried to hide from even my ex-roommate, one of four people in my close-knit friend group that is comprised of me, my partner, my best friend, and them. it's something i never remember to bring up in therapy, much less have the courage to. really the only person who's aware of it is my partner, and they're the only one i've known to really accept it either. (i often wonder if they are secretly only accepting of it on the outside, and play along only for the laugh.) that's the big thing people don't know and would be shocked to hear. even if i could tell people, i have no context to explain it in. i could just call it a facet of my ptsd but it's atypical enough in its presentation that it begs more explanation. some would just flat out disagree. and i feel that it's more important to me and my identity than "just a symptom". and i have no people to tell, because i intentionally distance myself. i don't have friends outside of my little group. i have one other social group - some people from an old offline group who i still haven't fucked up enough with to be kicked out - but i can hardly even talk about being disabled there, much less the strangest workings of my traumatised mind. tldr i have an alternate child-animal personality who is unknown to all but my partner. my trauma refuses to let me relate to anyone similar, even if i could find them.
I'm so used to being hated, I never recognize when someone loves me. I haven't had a real relationship....EVER. 🤷🏿♀️
532d
I can read like Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds.
388d
@BFreudel ME TOO,,,IM A REALLY FAST READER AND IT SURPRISES EVERYONE
That i know how to play 4 different instruments well
Some people get supersized when I say I have ADHD or anything else for that matter 🤣
my emetophobia stems from being forced to vomit with ipecac when i was 2 years old after i got into a bottle of grape tylenol chews thinking it was candy
I value the lives of my pets over those of human strangers
I have no friends and im really lonely
@Koifishdreams mood
I love to play video games.
533d
I know how to ride unicycle, but I quit because of strong associations between that and my abusive father. Technically I quit because of a fight he and I had about it- his expectations were too high and he didn't like that I wanted to ride a bike at the campgrounds because of the gravel 🙄 Anyways I got over the fight but I still don't ride often because of the connections to him.
I seem like a really good person but I’ve done some crazy things due to being depressed.
I have an odd talent at axe throwing, no one expects that because I'm kinda small. Haha
I am very caring but not a lot of people can see that but when they do they take it for granted
I'm surprisingly flexible despite my pain issues and my leg issues, but my flexibility is part of why I hurt so much. When I was able to go to a physical therapist for a little bit my pt told me that my flexibility was putting strain on my joints or something similar and it was a small part of why I hurt so much. Still struggling to figure out the rest of why I hurt so much, but it was nice to find out at least one of the reasons. I just wish I could find out the rest but nobody will listen or help.
I can train cats
I can train my pretty green horse
I was a professional Femdom for 25 years. And really good at it.
I have a bachelors in investigative forensics, but started off college journey becoming certified in different aspects early childhood education/development. polar opposites. the thing that gets a reaction is that i completed each while going through so many health problems. i can't even make use of either achievements/degree so they ask why i bothered to finish earning my bachelors. i didn't want to quit just because I'm homebound and in and put of hospital.
534d
I'm actually a cool person lol
I have quite a few chronic illnesses but I'm "so healthy"
When I was in 4th grade, I slipped on ice and my two front teeth got stuck in the ice. I had to get them pulled so my new teeth didn't grow ontop of them.
I've never broken a bone or had a cavity
I don't know exactly how I receive love or in other words my true love language?
I get mad over the fact I don’t have a favorite food
I don't run fevers even when I'm sick or have serious infections.
I listen to ASMR videos or playlists, the kind that is hair combing, massaging, a gentle whispering voice. This helps me calm down and relax to get to sleep.
The reason why I'm so mature for my age is due to my truama and most people think oh she acts so happy all the time there's no way she could have issues, and that's completely wrong cause I hide everything from everyone.
I don't follow any Dr rules when it comes to figuring out what's wrong.
i watch the stars to escape my chaotic mind
535d
The fact that if you took a look at me you'd think I'm fine but I feel completely empty inside 👍
548d
I am very productive despite how bad my depression gets
584d
took me years to realize that. plus i can lose weight being with people rather than waiting to realize this. omg.
dealing with body dysmorphia got in the way of my socializing years lol. esp eating disorders affecting my energy levels. but it feels better to socialize.
damn idk
I love my religion so much but it’s Sundays I have the lowest energy and miss church half the time because I get weak
Felt that, trust me.
1. i was raised by manipulators narcissists abusers selfish assholes 2. i have a cold fudge craving 3. i love the sky 4. i love manifestation 5. i love creation
600d
The smells that others find annoying or disgusting, like skunk spray or gasoline, or ammonia in hair dye, yea, those are some of my favorite smells
IS it SAFE here? Lol I'm a 6 ft 3 male and like my booty played with. Probably not a big deal for some, but the few people that know me were shocked.
I’m 23
I live on a boat :3
I am obsessed with frogs. They are really cute and I want reptile/amphibian friends..
601d
I care more for others than myself and I don’t like myself at all. People usually are so surprised because I can put on such a good mask like I’m okay when I’m actually not.
@RogueDream same. I hate the saying, "you cant love another until you love yourself." Im terrible to myself and am working on that, but I love another like no other.
609d
i might be the therapist friend, and on the outside im really great at giving advice. but i don't feel worthy enough to take my own advice. i dont feel worthy of help, even if its from myself. i seem very put-together to most people but i am an absolute mess. not to mention i compulsively lie - not as bad as when i was younger at least, but ive been working on it!
“I am just a worthless liar, I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you, trust in me and fall as well. I will find a center in you, I will chew it up and leave. Trust me, trust me, trust me. ” I also answer questions with song lyrics.
613d
My insecurities often surprise people and my friends. Like for example, when they hear how much I used to dislike my appearance, they are shocked at how insecure I am for it. They were probably shocked because I normally carry myself in a happy manner, or someone who looks like they don’t have mental problems. So when they hear about it, they’re like what the..really?? Lol
615d
That I used to do drugs... and that I was threatened 20yrs in prison and grand theft auto... it was a misunderstanding and I was being abused @ the time.
I'm 20 years old & have never been to the beach ⛱
I can make a platypus noise with my tongue
Kinda odd that people feel surprised when I say this but happens enough to put it here. I never got bullied by students in school.
@LudicrousPajamas that's good tho lucky you!
I've been in moderate to severe pain, 24/7, for half of my life
I have been a mother for over half my life. I have had chronic pain for over three quarters of my life. I deal with multiple neurological issues. I work in my local hospital's kitchen with parasthesia in both hands, can't feel hot or cold. Makes things interesting.
It's kinda personal, but I've had sex and never orgasmed.
@Alex.Tatum1 they not doing the job or is it just hard for you to get the big O?
@Alex.Tatum1 Get well soon ❤️🩹
My dad is my abuser. I have constant pain all over my body (my stomach specifically). And when I try to get meds and go to the hospital for it, he calls me a liar. He also calls me a drug addict. He treats me like trash. I’m blamed for everything that goes wrong in our lives. Especially when I was a teenager (young teenager more) I was blamed for money problems. Before I was diagnosed at bipolar I was exhibiting signs, like impulse control and mania. I ended up spending like $200 on Amazon and ever since then (when I was 12), my father hasn’t trusted me with anything. He says “it’s in the past. It’s fine”, but his actions say otherwise. Plus I came out at trans FIVE YEARS AGO. And he still uses the wrong pronouns and recently dead named me. I hate this efin place.
@Scullyitsme sounds like my dad. If you want to vent, I got you.
617d
I actually feel like I have people belittling me inside my head when anything (LITERALLY) goes wrong. That I'm not good enough. Then I feel out of control of my body and thoughts, I can witness and feel everything. This causes bad things to happen when I'm alone when my boyfriend is at work. 😥
I am actually very observant and know how to communicate emotional intelligence very well
622d
I got a concussion playing video games 😂
@Bluefire I need this story
Im not gay
@seren are you pretending to be
Most days i dont feel like i am me, like someone else is doing things for me especially when i am distressed but its not the same as being in a state of depersonalization as i have issues with that happening, it doesnt feel the same for me but its like there are others with me that i am unaware of. I feel like i cant tell anyone because they will think i am crazy. I dont think its DID necessarily due to i remember most days but some days i get black outs that last days or weeks that i have no idea what has happened and i try to pretend i know what's going on in recent situations. Anyone is welcome to reply with their thoughts, I'd appreciate them
I have basically developed two people within myself and I live with them every day. Sometimes it’s one version interacting, other days it’s the other, and they are vastly different from each other. I feel like people know and can tell, but I just don’t say anything because I don’t want to be judged.
625d
I'm gay
@ponyowastaken I hope you find confort in your loved ones when you tell them
626d
I have too much anxiety to get a drivers license. I have had numerous panic attacks in the driver's seat and I don't even know the root of the anxiety because I have never been in an accident.
@Girlmom0818 valid
631d
That my presence gives some people energy without me doing anything😅
They won’t admit it but I know the only reason my parents got married is because mom got surprise pregnant with me. I watch them make each other miserable every day and wonder if they’d have been better off if I’d never happened.
I've built up a fake, 'strong' version of myself that I present to the world because I got tired of being stepped on, but really I'm not the heroic badass I paint myself to be, I'm just sad and scared to be hurt again.
634d
I have awful anxiety. All the time.
I'm bi ❤️
I want to go into mortuary and I'm really excited for a possible future in dealing with the deceased, this because of my social anxiety.
I'm scared of my parents..
I cannot function in public alone without my support person(hubby)
635d
That i have constant suicidal thoughts even tho everyone thinks im pretty okay
People hear me talk and know I'm smart and assume that I'm making up my adhd and mental illnesses to get out of working, cleaning, and other basic needs even though I so desperately want to be able to function and hate that I can't that I get unalive thoughts
I’ve worked in psych hospitals for the last ~4 years… and it tends to surprise people that I’ve been a patient in psych hospitals before. It’s what drove me to my profession in the first place. Wouldn’t change my journey for anything!
I never thought I would be strong minded enough to follow through with my dreams but I'm now enrolled into school to become a MTE medical transcription and editor and working from home and remotely anywhere as long as I have my laptop and wifi I'm super happy I graduate in 3 months and slide right into my first job with in a week after graduation
I used to cut but since I knew how to keep it from scarring people get confused but sometimes I get the urge to do it so I try not to. I almost jumped off a 3 story roof. And thought about self delete multiple times but again I didn't. Because I felt selfish and didn't want to hurt the people who actually care about me
637d
I'm depressed but I smile all the time
I have stage fright most people don't believe it because I use to dance do gymnastics etc.
Ive never had my license and im 32 im right there with you. It sucks to ask for rides but... maybe someday ill have a license
638d
I'm very scary when I'm mad apparently. My friends had to point it out to me. I don't get actually mad at others often, mostly situations/circumstances, and I'm very quiet around most people. So when my anger is directed at someone, it's because I feel they're a threat to me or someone else. I never physically fight, so I was pleased to find out that I could really scare someone with just my anger.
I'm certain I'll die before 45. I've never thought I'd live very long and it scares me so bad!!
639d
I work with foster kids to help give them the chance I wish I had as a kid
I'm highly introverted. While I'm out, I do a decent job of seeming friendly and outgoing, but as soon as my social meter runs out, thats it. I work from home and stay home 95% of the time, and I absolutely love it. I wouldn't have it any other way. My family members think I'm shutting myself away and going to drive myself mad, but it isnt like that at all. I feel insane when I leave my home, but home is where I find peace and am able to do the things I love.
644d
I discovered recently, like last month or so, that I am polygamous.
It bothers me that all I see in commercials now days is black people and Asians.
I secretly would love to win a UFC fight
645d
i've forgotten what it feels like to not be in pain
5
I witnessed a fatal accident involving a baby. I flew into action since I'm medically trained, but others got to her for CPR before me. I calmed all the other moms and kiddos who witnessed the accident. It was very gruesome and people were freaking out all over. The police, EMS, and firefighters were all crying. I was calm and collected...until I got into my car. I lost my ever loving mind the second my door closed. For weeks I couldn't eat, sleep, work. This incident threw my anxiety over the edge into panic disorders, increased meds, rescue meds, PTSD. It was a tragic, terrible accident. I think of the baby and her mama EVERY DAY. It will be 1 year in October.
My childhood. Growing up I was basically in a fishbowl with a blindfold on. I was homeschooled, went to church, couldn’t go outside into the world for real, had a lot of restrictions on what I could eat, drink, watch, the internet, fun activities to do, belief systems, having an opinion. It’s crazy when I look back. I’m in my twenties now. I have severe social anxiety, severe depression, PTSD and the list can go on with other issues I have. People think it’s crazy how I was raised. Which it was crazy. I was raised to fear everything around me. Yet I’m somehow still alive. I honestly didn’t think I would still be alive here at 24.
@Mr._Dank this is how my husband was raised… my heart breaks a little more every time I learn something new about his childhood
My family constantly tells me how much “better” I am and I get furious at them because I’m not better, I’m no where near being better and the truth is I’ll never be “better” my illness will be lifelong, the only real control I have is how I handle my symptoms.
I don't drive. I'm 47. I'm scared to death of driving and Causing an accident. I never driven. I've never been in an accident. Any ideas😥
@tikka if you really want to drive, you'll get help to learn it comfortably
I have been diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder, postpartum ocd, anxiety, ptsd and depression all in the last 2 years. I’m now 27 with 2 kids and have no idea what I want to do in life…I’m just living at this point.
I've never been in a relationship or really had any friends I didn't have to buy. I mean I have friends now, but there older an always busy.
I have 0 confidence despite my personality and attitude. I may seem like a "I take nothing b**a**" but I'm actually a mouse. I've been faking it for so long I can't even remember when it started.
The fact I have all the conditions I have
I fear that I won't make it to see my 30s happy and healthy. I fear that I will be in a worse state.
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My surprise fact is I have 29 tattoos 😊 If I wear long sleeves and leggings (my usual attire) you can see one-a heart I have on my wedding finger (it stands for self love). Leggings and a t-shirt you probably see five or six. If I wear shorts you can see ALL of my leg tattoos, six in all (one is a line of roses about fifteen inches long). Muscle shirt shows all of my arm tattoos-nine on my left, three on my right. I obviously have hidden ones too.
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I have a fear of being left not knowing how to get home . This is mostly in my dreams but these dreams are so real.
That I'm physically disabled
@leafbug how is that a secret
That i was born with asymmetrical breast but some people that i know don’t have it. Which is why i’m getting fixed wish me luck everyone.
@Anixty could have been a uniboob lol
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I talk to my self alot so I feel calm for me helps me lose anxiety abit and I usually pinch or squeeze myself it happens in unitentially in social situations were I feel people is judging me of what I said or did
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I'm the type of schizophrenic person who is the stereotype ("homicidal/serial killer" type). I'm finally way better medicated than I was for a while. I've never managed to harm anyone to that point, but if most people knew anything about it they'd run. When I do tell people (even just that I have schizophrenia), they're always surprised and say things like "you don't seem the type" or hesitate and say "wait, what?).
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I'm 31 and crochet, mainly blankets!
I'm deaf but I'm a certified EMT and do my job better than some of my other coworkers
@Triforium how have you coped with that communication barrier? Curious.
I’m a 20 year old that knows how to knit, I run an Etsy shop of the things I make!
I'm autitisic. I've worked as a manager etc. But I've had to mask so hard growing up that no one even realizes it. I also have bad hearing and don't wear my hearing devices. Bc I speak English so well, so many people don't realize I'm HoH even tho I stare at their mouths a lot of there's too much noise. They often forget if they did know
That when people without medical degrees, like afmily and friends, give me advice on my condition, such as "Have you tried..." "Look into..." and "If I was in your shoes..." statements, I usually give them a 24hr block right after. I've stated to them all that my doctor(s) will help me, I do my own research, and because nobody knows me better than me or knows my condition better than my drs, then I don't need outside opinions that could lead me down wild goose chases
I don't like chocolate, and I really don't like candy. It's too sugary for my IBS so I just don't eat it.
I can lick my elbow!
I have Idiopathic Hypersomnia, which is mostly an invisible disability so rather than taking me seriously I’m called lazy, unmotivated, unwillingly, etc. when I explain symptoms they minimize my trauma and say “I wish I could sleep that long, you’re so lucky!” Or “you sure you’re not tired from depression? Have you tried changing your lifestyle?” The stigma is so real it hurts.
That my significant other is 15 years older then me.
I'm 18 and I don't have a license, oh well lol. It's because I'm scared and a little lazy because I don't wanna study :D
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I can't ride a bike. I'm in my 30s.
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I don't like sharing my singing voice cuz I get insecure about it 😳
I really wanna die
I have OCD (not in the cute way of saying I'm a neat freak or something) - I keep excessively detailed secret notes on my phone that I update based on random hourly increments (1hr, 24hr, 37hr, etc) on everything from the workout I plan on accomplishing, the hairstyle I plan to wear, when I schedule myself to take a shower, etc... And Ive had rituals like this and MORE since I was around kindergarten age
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A fact is that I was diagnosed with autism when I was 4 years old. I have changed a lot since then. I have (somewhat) matured. Ok, for the most part, I have. But when I tell people that I have autism, of course I'm serious about it, but they say "Huh. I would have never guessed you had autism until you said something." That actually makes me feel good about myself, considering they think I'm a normal person without a disability. It's kind of nice.
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That Im old enough to be married and have arthritic like pain.
My mind is in constant fight or flight mode, but I force myself to actively stay calm around others.
People see me in my work (residential mental health case manager) and think that I am this really positive and happy person with good self-care because of the way I present. When I am definitely a big ball of mess and stress. I can make phone calls for my clients but I have extreme anxiety when I try for myself and end up not doing things due to it.
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I have horribly vivid nightmares and dreams! Lots of reoccurring ones, and the furthest one back I can remember having is one of the gore-iest! People love that one /j
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I have no sense of touch!
Most people think I’m either a narcissist or a empath I believe that I am both which is called a dark empath before you judge me look up what a dark empath is
I'm a huge introvert . I am alone except for my little dog. One time he woke me up and I wasn't breathing. When he woke me by pouncing on my face with his front paws , I had to gasp for air. That's two things but I just wanted to share .
I have an extra set of ribs, idk, I think it's interesting!
I'm 20 years old and I suffer from 8 chronic illnesses in total. People don't see it most of the time until I tell them and it's kinda funny just seeing their face drop 😂
I'm so asexual my body tried to reproduce asexually. Turns out that's called a tumor :') I watched a lot of Disney+ in the hospital
I don't look like the type of person to listen to hyperpop, but I do. It shocked my brother when I told him!
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Deep down I'd rather take my littles and run away. The only thing stopping me is my health and nephews.
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I like reading, puzzles, coloring books and major in computer science. For reference, I have purple hair, refuse to wear shirts that touch my stomach, and can barely take a convo seriously to save my life. A 'wild child' with the soul of a nerd.
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I have a wonderful boyfriend but sometimes I wonder if I actually should be or if I want to be in a relationship, or if I just like the idea more then the reality
I'm 31 and do not have a driver's license....i panic as im scared of the other people on the road not of my own driving. It's frustrating.
I'm a borderline asexual/demisexual. I hate explaining it to people. HATE IT. Sometimes I just end up telling people sorry I'm gay because I can't take the stupid questions. I have an amazing bf that I love and it only makes people ask more questions. It's hard for questions not to arise where I have to say it sometimes, but I try to dodge it as much as possible just for the sake of not getting annoyed. LeAvE mE bE pLeAsE
i am a very smart person. ever since i was a kid there was something about me that i guess made me seem dumb but im actually really smart
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Our nerve receptors don't work correctly for pain and temperature, but we have chronic pain. It sounds like an oxymoron, but I am not making it up. The pain had to build up to a certain point for it to be felt, and once it was it was quite painful. Especially because it felt almost overnight.
I’m a talented singer but no one will ever know because I get very bad anxiety when I try to sing in front of anybody. It’s kind of sad but I try to think it’s nice to have a private talent
I have to take a stuffed animal with me when I go to the dentist to help my amxiety
@Brandy2022 aw that is cute
That I had surgery on my leg because I had fallen and hit my knee on the curb so I went to see a knee doctor and he sent me the physical therapy for 8 weeks when back to him the leg was even weaker he sent me to the surgeon to get a get the physical on my knee and he told me I did need surgery had my surgery back on November 2nd of 2021 but then also found out after the surgery that my knee wasn't the only thing he fixed he had to fix my shin bone because it wasn't aligned so we literally had to take probably a drill or something and cut my bone in half and then put it back together with screws and what he did to the knee was my kneecap was popping in and out of place so we took a cadaver tendon and put that across my kneecap to stop it from popping in and out in place but two weeks later I had just gotten back into school in a wheelchair and my teacher was taking me to my other class and bumped my leg into the desk while on the two week appointment with the doctor I had an X-ray done and the screws there were three of them had popped out of place so I had to go back in for another surgery December 28th but I was in the hospital on December 27th because I had to stay the whole night so my leg wouldn't get any worse when all day without eating the next day didn't have my surgery until say 7:00 p.m. I am fully healed now only have one more physical therapy session and in 2 months is my last visit with the doctor I am up and walking but this whole journey was a freaking roller coaster
I can sing. 🤗
I belch like a cave man because of uncontrolled spasm in my abdomen. Not attractive for a young lady.
@TealMarshmellow depends on who you're with! Pretty sure places like Tonga value a good burper because it shows gratitude for dinner.
Got one of my worst concussions because I was dancing too hard to Hannah Montana’s “Nobody’s Perfect”
I'm terrified to drive a car or even get a license but I'm comfortable riding a motorcycle.
The fact that I'm 6'0 tall and scared of heights. Like, I refuse to get on a ferris wheel
I had my first kiss earlier this year, shortly before I turned 24. I was recently diagnosed with autism and have a hard time reading social cues, and was starting to wonder if it would ever happen for me!
I have the fear of vomiting witch it embarrassing because I can't be around friends or family when they're sick
I have not had a real friend for five years. I've been alone for so long. because of this I've learned a lot about myself, but I'd rather know a lot of people and not know crap about myself than be so lonely. loneliness sucks
@uniquenickname I'll be yo friend 😤
I had a seizure at two years old and never had one again lol
i’m 22 and i have really bad social anxiety, i’ve only had 1 job in my life that lasted a month.
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I'm missing my entire right temporal lobe due to 2 brain surgeries to help my epilepsy
@LadyTauriel whoooaa that's neat
I have made 0 new friends since I've started college, going into my junior year. COVID really messed everything up for me as an immuno deficient
My youngest child was 16 when he started self injurious behavior, I was 46. Ironically we both started around the same time unbeknownst to the other. My son has stopped. I want to, but I can't! I'll keep trying.
I have a complicated medical history that's pretty much all invisible, and an identical twin sister who is perfectly healthy. I started being real vague about why we are in different places in life because often the difference in the way I was treated after they mistook me for her was very disheartening. Like I'm an incapable child, when we are both just as smart as each other. On the plus side, I am crazy good at darts since getting my glasses, and it's always fun to suprise people with that little fact.
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I have absolutely no money and can't work. And I me NO MONEY, at all. I have nothing in my bank accounts, and like $7 cash in my wallet, that's it. I live at home with my mom, and I contribute nothing. Everyone my age says they feel like they're failing at being an adult...but I'm REALLY failing as an adult. Hell, I'm failing as a person. I'm completely incompetent and irresponsible. My mom does literally everything for me. She pays for everything, manages my medical stuff, and works 3 jobs to provide for me. I'm just a worthless lump.
@NervousDepresso you are absolutely NOT a worthless lump. You are a wonderful human who needs help right now❤️
I've never been on a date for some reason people find it shocking but I just don't want to burden my partner with my problems is all
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I can't drive because I'm 29 years old. Little do they know all of the pain and suffering going on on the inside preventing me.
A fact about myself huh? Let's see ...... Well okay here's one that gets people. I often wonder if hell would be a much more suitable place for my life and condition then going to heaven. I do love Jesus. I pray every night and I try to live right. But I just sometimes wonder if Jesus even wants me.
I am a over thinker, I tend to go over things multiple times in various scenarios. My brain is like a 24/7 CSI, constantly racing and it drives me nuts.
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I'm missing my entire right temporal lobe. They removed it to help my epilepsy. Fun non-health fact: I'm a huge nerd, can quote every single lord of the rings movie, and love cosplaying.
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People look at me and think I'm flexible and that I can sit on the floor and get up just fine. They think since I look in shape I am. I'm 35 going on 36 and feel like I'm 90.
The pain I am in on a daily basis would make most grown men cry but I have developed a mask I wear and no one knows what's really going on with me but my family. I am tired, so tired and can't sleep because of the pain.
@Trixy2636 u hackin my brain bro 🤨 because u exposing me
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I'm the "Perfect Child" with mommy issues because of my older sister
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I really want to be in a relationship and I'm jealous of my brother's who have awesome girlfriends and the relationships that my parents have with eachother. I just feel so alone and it's not like I have many friends either. I've never even been on a date and I'm about to graduate college.
I have pittakionophobia... which is the irrational fear of stickers. I dont know what caused it but stickers just freak me out. I will start hyperventilating and sweating and wiggling around around them if they arent stuck on something. Im not scared of tape or bandaids, just stickers.
I have multiple illnesses, I have social anxiety and insecure
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I dropped out in middle school.
After I blacked out and almost killed my wife and son (2 different occasions) I finally got diagnosed with intermittent explosive anger disorder and got medicated. Haven't had an episode in years but my meds aren't working like they used to and I'm afraid something is gonna happen.
My 20+ year battle with drugs started when I was 11 years old. My disabled dad "bonded" with me with drugs. I smoked Crack for the first time just before I turned 12. My tolerance for my drugs of choice was RIDICULOUS. People didn't believe me and when they seen me use it blew their minds. The story is obviously much much longer and darker, deeper but I am now 15 years "sober"
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People have always really liked me when meeting them, but not enough apparently to stick around or be friends. I was easily forgettable. Useful, helpful,nice,funny,spontaneous, but noone ever wanted to stick around. Now I wonder what real love feels like, what's it feel like to have just atleast one person to be there for you no matter what. Someone who wants to make sure your actually okay and do anything they can like I do. What about me makes people not want anything to do with me.. is it the way I walk or look? People always stare at me, like they are scared. I dont think I'm ugly... I've always wanted a family, friends, someone who treats me like I'm someone
I don't know how to react to words of praise or hugs so I either run away or pretend that I didn't hear it.( I know it seems rude, I hate that I'm like this )
My son is 29 and finally got his learners permit. He doesn't know how to drive and I can't afford to send him to driving school. I think he's afraid to drive. He has so much anxiety and depression. I hope you can get past it so you can drive someday. After you get used to it, it doesn't stress you out as much.
@Chark my son is now 24 and he's doesn't drive. His anxiety is crazy and it's always about the other people on the road. Try as I might I can't get him to drive.
I have three older sisters whom none have most of my illnesses and I get most all of mine from my mother. Her parents were arranged marriage and second cousins so her sister has health issues and so does her daughter she has to be completely gluten free. But my Uncle was like my sisters none of my physical or mental health issues except bad periods so all 4 of us sisters have Mirena so we have no more periods so no more period cramps bad. But none of us no what the condition is that causes is to have these terrible periods. We are just thankful for Mirena.
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If I think too hard I get nervous because I realize my buttcheeks are always touching and never have personal space
My anxiety will not let me drive in large cities with population over 300k.
Jail
I am a recovering drug addict and have been to jIl a few times in my early 20's. Not proud 🤫
@amandaalsey CONGRATS on your recovery. Coming from a multi felon who is 15 years clean.....I FEEL YOUR PAIN.... keep your head up you got this!
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I'm depressed
I am on cancer levels of pain medication 😥
I am embarrassed too when people who see me as healthy don't realize that I have lot's of health conditions they don't see. I am on disability so they think I am faking.
I’m in so much pain but I don’t want to tell people often because I feel like all I do is complain
i often talk to myself as though there were three other people in my head. i also talk out their parts of the conversation.
I'm a writer with my first book hitting the shelves in September!❤️
@PoodleMom that's awesome! I'm an avid reader and would love to check it out
@PoodleMom so cool!! It's a dream of mine to publish a book one day. I would love to know the title so I can be on the lookout for it 😊
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I'm a recovering drug addict
@Col congrats on your recovery! I'm 15 years clean now and getting ready to work as a peer supporter... keep up the great work
I've lived all over the world because my father was in the military. Usually I'll get a positive response, but little do they know that all those moves made me more and more anxious and depressed and that the father I had to stay with is mentally and emotionally abusive. Going 3 years strong without him.
I became a gramma at age 34 💕
I've been clinically dead three times. I was ten when the chicken pox virus attacked my brain. They put me in a coma for a week and a half, because I kept dying. In the end I had to relearn everything: walking, talking, feeding myself, names of friends and family, etc.
Somebody talked about not getting drivers license due to anxiety... SAME
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I have a disorder than 99 percent of people my age can understand spatial processing more than I can. This makes it dangerous for me to drive, but I slowly am learning ASL.
Can't say I have one true friend and all my family has passed on.
@Liza55117 I can absolutely relate. I have 2 family members that I talk to and one is 94 and not in great health. As far as friends go.... since I got clean I lost everybody. So....... if you need someone to talk to, vent, bitch, scream, whatever... I'd be more than willing to listen.
I’m deaf and all these mask wearing won’t let me read lips so I say ok for most parts hoping is not a question.
@Elladolores the masks would be such a challenge w that!
I don't date because I find my current body repulsive. How do I expect anyone to find me attractive if I can't even look at myself in the mirror? I gained 100lbs 15 yrs ago and can't lose it because of my chronic pain and medication. No I don't overeat, I barely eat 1 meal a day so lapband or bypass surgery won't help me. My metabolism is crap.
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I fall hard easily to shy, introverted femmes. I don't know why. I also get very clingy and obsessive in relationships. Is that a condition/disorder?
People that get to know me as a person with bipolar are shocked to learn I'm a PhD student. As if being mentally ill would make you also dumb 🙄
I’m 27… but mentally I’m still 16 😔
I'm left handed, bisexual, and have C-PTSD and chronic pain/health problems in the south. Doesn't go over well...
I was born prematurely 3 months early weighing 1 pound and 2 oz
Nobody believes me that I have an invisible illness. When they do find out they suggest : losing weight, changing diet, just get through it
I am 40 and I still like watching cartoons and playing video games
@tig21 I am 45 and would absolutely watch cartoons and play video games with! I see no problem with that lol
I'm terrified to drive on tye express way. To be honest I don't even like riding on it. People ask me why do you go the long way around. Cause you don't want people like me on it.
I have so much anxiety about my children. I feel like sometimes they aren't even able to have a good time or do the things they want to do because I'm too worried about what could happen.
I do modeling in town and feel so free when I'm on the runway. They would never believe the anxiety and panic I have.
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That I have 6 kids, and my oldest just graduated high-school
I hate marshmallows
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If I told them all of my mental disorders. People think I'm so normal until I tell them. Perhaps I'm just good at internalizing things
I can't burp nor have I ever in my life
i’m 22 almost 23 and i’m too scared to drive. i have to rely on my stepdad to get me everywhere.
I have been treated so badly on jobs that after I left the last job I had I went into a kind of depression and it took me a long time to start looking for another one because I was afraid to and as a result I haven't worked in ten years
Everyday I regret that I wasn't successful with my passing away plan back when I was 7 yrs old.
@LisaSimpson my god, please cover her in your arms with love and safety and clarity❤️❤️❤️
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I suffered severe head trauma from a motorcycle accident. But the only outward proof I have, is a scar about the size of a grain of rice. It has caused me to have some memory and thought process issues and because of that I have had people tell me I was lying and just looking for attention 🙄
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That I'm autistic. I'm beginning to go through another deep depressive episode but trying to act normal because everyone is tired of my depression already.
@carrielovelylady I know the feeling
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I can recognize that somebody is bipolar before they admit it or the News tells us they are
@Unknow you must be a psychiatrist?
Because I pushed threw everything and put on a face, people look at me as if I was normal and sudden broke. Noone truly knows what I have gone threw
@phillip.marshall I feel alone in my thoughts too much
I’m a chronically ill person with a disabled spouse and four kids. We didn’t want to miss out on life! I’d do it all again too (well, maybe skip the whole homeless for 17mos w/ 2 kids bc of husbands disability) even though I’m pretty sure the emotional toll has played a role in the autoimmune issues I’ve got going on
I'm a lesbian
I have almost 3 years sober. I've had two DUIs in another state and I'm scared to get my driver's license where I currently live because I feel like I might relapse if given the opportunity to drive.
@thumper79 first, congrats on your 3 years! That's amazing. I'm currently at 15 years. Go get your license! Before you leave to drive anywhere go through a mental check of sorts before you even get in the car. I'm sure you can overcome this issue. Look at how far you've come so far and I know damn well you didn't think you would be 3 years sober. You got this. Keep your head up and keep pushing
I grew up commercial backpacking in the mountains with llamas and my grandma.
I have 4 diagnosed psychiatric conditions, take 5 medications, and work as a clinical social worker!
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I got shot, with a gun. went straight thru my wrist, exit & entry hole.
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I have intractable epilepsy. I've had 9 brain surgeries and 2 stimulator implants. Im battery powered 🤗. It's a great conversation starter.
I am bisexual I get a lesbian haircut very short when I go out I get uncomfortable cause everyone stairs at me and they sometimes ask me if I am a guy I always say no I am a woman they always tell not to get that haircut it's hurtful
@Sparklelover you know what.... TO HELL WITH THOSE PEOPLE! they don't know YOU, the true you. I know it's hurtful and it took me a long time to just stop caring what others felt, thought or said and it feels AMAZING. Sometimes the idc attitude gets out of hand but mostly it works.
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I'm actually a really aggressive person sometimes. not in that I get violent or outwardly aggressive, but I'm quick to frustrate or annoy which stems into anger and that ends in a depressive episode. if we talk frequently, chances are I'm constantly getting annoyed or angered by a lot of little things you do or holding on to a grudge over something you did a while ago that wasn't that big a deal.. then getting mad at myself for being mad. I'm also almost always fighting with my anxiety and have a headache. I can't really think of a time when I don't have one or usually both of those issues
I can kill a yak 20 miles away just by looking in its direction
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I get mad easily and when I'm mad I usually throw stuff or smash stuff
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won a presidential award twice 👍
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I have a terminal lung disease ..I'm dying and no one seems to care.
@Keatichie God cares. ❤️ ❤️
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it's okay to not drive there are public transportation just for this reason. It is dangerous driving sometimes. My husband has a seizure disorder so all I do is drive I never get to just ride somewhere.
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That I am hard of hearing. I think that’s the biggest one and it’s not actually a secret but that’s the only thing that surprises a lot of people
I used to be a top 100 player in call of duty
i’m studying to be an opera singer :-))
i’m scared of becoming a failure to my parents.
I'm only 23. idk why, but people (both online and irl) always think I'm like 10+ years older than I actually am. To be fair, I do have the heart of a 50 year old lmao
I’m a female that’s colorblind.
@Soskae me too! my dad is colorblind and my mom is a tetrachromat, which apparently makes passing colorblindness on to their daughter more likely than if just my dad was colorblind
Don’t feel bad. It’s never to late to learn to drive. People going judge no matter what you or I do. If you want to learn to drive do it. It doesn’t matter your age.
A bloodsugar of 26 and wasn't unconscious
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Prayer warrior- keeping my faith at all costs is easy when it's the most needed fuel in your entire mind body & spirit. Meditation/prayer brings me so much peace.
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Tai chi master
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Hi, 24 here. I will probably never get a license, I'd just get an electric bike with attachments n such 🤷🤷
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I'm double jointed in my shoulders, amd I have a chronic illness that I only complain about to close friends
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I had a tumor with less than 100 recorded cases in medical literature 😅 I’ve yet to personally connect with someone with the same condition, but if ya know anyone with a PEComa let them know they’re not alone!
My entire spine is fused except the top part by my neck. I long to do a cat stretch 🐈
A fact about myself that surprises people…I’m a former rap artist.
How passionate. My energy I create. The atmosphere I create when I’m with people and what they feel with me. How deep of a thinker I am how insightful I am. So many things I’d say but one of my faves is loving the smell of horse manure and cleaning they’re stalls🥰
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I do a lot of graffiti and I know using aerosol paints is NOT good for my MS, but it’s hard to stop doing something that causes so much happiness in my life.
My childhood is alarmingly depressing to people
@SleepyAnya I can relate
I have misophonia and also a REALLY bad phobia of saliva. It makes me want to puke. Also I really don't know how to burp🤷♀️😂
I was born with a extra eyelid in the corner of my left eye. I don't know how to control it, it sometimes comes out and moves on it own.
I worry about getting things done on time, but I'm a huge procrastinator
A family member died and it’s really hard on me 😥
Your average sedative doesn't work on me. I've woken up mid surgery before. #DontTryIt.😂
@BrookXbangtan me too. No pain meds or sleep meds work on me. It's so hard and confusing. I am sorry, but I am here for you..
As much as I am a cheerful caring person on the outside, most days I just want to cry. I am working with my doctor on possible dyslexia and ADHD.
I enjoy opera. Or someone singing opera to me
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you can do it!!! It feels so amazing to be free of that and to be confident that you can push through the hard days. 💕🙌 Keep it up, even through those days that make you feel like maybe you weren't ready for this. You are. I promise those days will get less and less common if you just keep going.🤗
@breadbored Oops I meant to respond to a person not just make a random comment🤣
I failed the driving test six times and then gave up. When I was diagnosed with fibro years later my doctor said I shouldn't drive ever because my fibro fog is really bad.
I have Agoraphobia. It bugs me to no end when people brush it off as just social anxiety. I literally cannot leave my house
We like to eat whole citrus fruits! We eat the peel and all! It's wild.
@AudaCity interesting
I’m a Mexican, and I was deported from Mexico.
I never had to remove my wisdom teeth
@catrina so so lucky
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I am generally sad most the time, have been for quite a while. But people think that I'm a happy person because I tend to smile to try and brighten other people's moods.
I'm ambidextrous, had a vanishing twin, and would be perfectly happy living the rest of my life out of a suitcase
I have to much anxiety to go to a dentist as I'm afraid they will judge me about how many cavities I have
Your not alone I'm at the age where I should already have one. So I lie and said that there suspended. Maybe in a few months I will
I thought that the intense migraines I was having daily from the time I was 10 to 15 were normal and my mom said that I was faking them for attention until I was seen by a Nuerosurgeon for the first time and he told me that I had Hydrocephalus and it was probably genetic
Has anyone ever dealt with audible hallucinations? There not voices or someone talking to me, but sounds like pans dropping or glass, even wind in my ear. Occasionally, it’s sounds like the tv is on in the other room without definitely sound just noise. I know it’s not real, so it doesn’t scare me. I just would like to know it’s cause and how it can be fixed or improved upon.
@Sherry52 I used too after traumatic events but idk they just stopped after I healed enough
I've never had a hug 😥
@jorda Aww this breaks my heart.. I wish I could give you a hug right now. I am so sorry. Just try it one day. It is very comforting. 🤗❤️
@jorda I would hug u
My boyfriend doesn't know I'm an alcoholic, depressed, anxious, and diagnosed with ADHD. He doesn't see it because of how hard I try to be smart and responsible for him, he isn't a drinker so it keeps me away from alcohol, and he is a very positive and funny person.
I have autism but I'm a pastor. Socializing can be really exhausting but I really enjoy it.
I'm a healer, lightworker, starseed, galactic Goddess that noone overstands. 🥴🙃 Sometimes I feel like a nut... Sometimes I don't 😶🌫️
@RareEyez86 hey I'm getting into lightwork also everything you do is amazing
I can’t stop thinking about my mom saying “so what are you gonna be disabled?” “But your so smart” It has been so hard to open up about how much my health is really effecting me. I am disabled and she hasn’t realized yet. She hasn’t realized that my health interferes with my life every day and that is what makes me disabled. I am proud to be disabled but I wish I could be brave enough to really express it.
I can elevate🎈😅🤷🏽♀️
This!!! 😰😭😱🥺 HELP!!! 😢
I’m a trans man :)
@JoshAG you saying that just made me feel so safe
I have high-functioning antisocial personality disorder but don't list it on my profile or tell people because it scares people off
I have bad anxiety. I care what people say. I love. I try. what else surprises you?
My tics are so much worse than I actually let on. And it's starting to get to the point where I don't think I should be working. I'm exhausted all the time and when I have a tic attack I have to hide it from my co workers or try my hardest to suppress them which is worse. Cause when I get home at the end of the day I'm pretty much unable to function cause I've been supressing tics all day (even if I don't know I'm doing it)
I can't seem to make lasting friends, I don't know why. I'm outgoing, talkative, trustworthy, very nice and I'm a great listener yet no one invites me anywhere or tries to contact me. It hurts
My younger brother is an addict who has been in rehab for the past year. He has no health ocnsequences from the drugs, while I who didn’t do drugs have all sorts of health problems
All of my sisters have kids and I don’t!! It hurts because I was trying have but to no avail. I’m now 42 years old, hardly get to sex because of uterine bleeding!!😥😥
@Cassihoka as a child of adoption, I can say adopting kids can be just as rewarding, and you're never too old for it
748d
Omg I Panic so bad I haven't had a license for 20 years. I can't pass test
749d
I have suicidal thoughts everyday, but yet have so many people that care for me in my life.
Even though I'm young I'm in so much pain a lot of days that I can't get out of bed, my parents are doing better physically than me lol
750d
I have had my driver's license for 10 years and have only driven on the freeway 8 times in my life because I am terrified of it and have to take back roads to everything and if there isn't one to the place I need to be I just do not go at all
I have a license but I don't wanna drive nobody else car
I trained my own service dog to detect gluten! I have celiac disease and because of my dog, Paisley, I haven’t had a gluten reaction in five months!!
@E11iefant that's amazing
im iranien-finnish 👀
I grew up never show real genuine emotion until my 8th grade year. Up until my 8th grade year I thought emotions were thoughts not something that came off the heart.
I've struggled with nail biting for 5 years. The longest I've gone without biting my nails was 3 months because I wanted to get acrylics. This is proof that I can quit. As soon as school begins in August, I start right back up again.
755d
Absolutely nothing makes me happy and that sounds super edgy but that's just how it is
@BSkye I understand. I just feel flat…
759d
My best friend is my inner being and I'm an extrovert who genuinely loves others for the different perspective they may have and that freaks some people out. Good thing they usually like me back and open to talking to me!
i'm 22 and disabled but no one will listen to me about it. i'm exhausted to the point of wanting to literally run away into the wilderness with my cat and never come back.
i’m not in school or working, even though i’d love to be. it’s embarrassing when people ask me about it, because they almost always pity me or think i’m overreacting about my illnesses :/
I overcompensate with my art and athleticism so that way people can't see me as depressed, when in reality I would rather connect with someone who knew I suffer through depression
I haven’t had my first kiss yet and I’m almost 20 😂😂😅
People are too intimidated by me to approach me and I'm just a girl whose only 5'3"
760d
I'm tired of feeling like it's up to me to save myself. If I don't do the research or doctor hoping. No one is going to come to my rescue.
I have severe anxiety and struggle with many physical conditions. I am in constant pain and agony both physical and mental but I always “look okay” on the outside so everyone assumes I’m okay and when I cancel on plans it comes off as rude even when I explain what’s going on I still feel like people think I’m lying or making it up:(((((
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@Zoey_Val hi Zoey, I understand just how you feel, I live in constant pain as well as MH issues. Life can be so difficult at times, even more so when people don't understand. I look OK, except when I try and walk lol. If you want to chat then let me know I may have some solutions that may help. Take care 🤗
763d
I'm a witchcraft practicing Native American/Latino/Slav 🖤
@Cursed_Lil_Furby that's super cool
I have had eating disorders since I was 13 I am now 38. My issues with food and control have been heightened way more since becoming a diabetic because now I have to watch and control all the things I eat. I been a diabetic for 16 years now. Some days I wonder if I will ever have a healthy relationship with food and eating. Stresses me out all the time
765d
I had my first manic episode at 18, in which I ran away from home, got married, dropped out of high school and moved across the state all in one month. Three years later I had already been through divorce and bankruptcy and here I am now at 22. (My life’s gotten considerably better as I’ve learned how to manage and recognize my symptoms and I have an amazing boyfriend and we share 4 cats.) it’s just funny because I look young, so people will be like “what are you, seventeen?” And I’m like “honey I’ve already been married, divorced and bankrupt.”
I don’t eat red meat! I wish I did though! It looks so good. 😥
121d
@Mintee must be difficult
I hate peanut butter
@ItsPinecone I have to be in the mood for it but as long as you are happy about it 🤗
🙏 I have a 16 year old daughter I had her when I was 16 years old 🙌
@Bethanya nothing wrong with that, as long as you love her and brought her up to be a wonderful person, be proud, want to talk more then come find me 🤗
i have t1d and as much as i make it look easy… it isn’t.
@Livi_lou I have T2D and use insulin have for 25 years. I found it hard for the first 5 years, but learnt to accept it and realised that this is part of who I am and my dna. If you want to talk more let me know
I tried to kill my self on a school bus in the fourth grade. And I have been in an out of therapy ever since I was 7
I look like a teen but I’m in my mid 20s
@Julia_Catalina lucky you. Accept it, use it and enjoy it 😉
766d
I have a Familiar. Basically a spirit animal for those of you who don't know. His name is Amon and he's a Wendigo, he's a very docile creature and likes to hang out on ceilings and stare at people. He won't eat you, he good boi.
I’m teaching myself American Sign Language and I’m learning French and Polish —plus I generally really like linguistics
@PeterZ amazing
I’m really good at hiding romantic feelings for people. I’m really vocal about everything else in my life but freeze up when it comes to my feelings
I have been traumatized as a child for “wetting the bed” after nightmares. It only happened twice. Now, ever since I was 8, I get so anxious that I might have an accident so I cannot go to bed until I have force-peed two minutes before bed. So if I lay in bed for 45 minutes and can’t seem to fall asleep, I will go every 2-6 minutes.
@bluecoloredxenons oh wow. 😥 that sucks. I did that as a kid and my dad used to beat me for it. My brother and I were both traumatized when we were really young so much that we were too afraid to use the bathroom. He was hospitalized and for years I couldn't go to the bathroom or even shower or brush my teeth without talking to myself, feeling like I was being watched, counting in my head, or trying to convince the little demons of my imagination not to kill me or something. Kid's brains and trauma together are... weird.
I’m a “highly successful” operating room nurse who is finally getting treatment for my eating disorder and PTSD from intensive sexual trauma. Everyone tells me I’m so brave but I’ve never felt so useless and helpless.
I have an irrational fear of crabs 🦀 lol
@Captn_Enby same though
I love people, and I love to help people, but I only enjoy helping people who are 100% willing to also help themselves. For example, my wife is diabetic and it is doing nothing but getting worse. I talk to her and I help in every way I can because she is my wife but when I discovered that she isn't willing to simply change her diet to save herself from diabetes then I no longer care about that, I refuse to focus on it and she knows not to bring it up unless she is willing to do what she can to help herself. And if she dies from it, I will not feel sorry for her because she is able to help herself, and she didn't.
i have an invisible disability (CFS), depression, generalized anxiety, anorexia, & body dysmorphia. i graduated high school with a 4.0GPA, & i'm about to go to graduate school for my dual master's in psychology & in social work. 😁
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@jolyne yesss good job!
I’m only trying to get better because I know my husband, sister, dad, and grandmother would be devastated if I killed myself. With all of my physical and mental health problems, existing is just so damn hard. It’s only worth it to try to please the ones I love.
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@CaitiBee I feel that so much it's extremely difficult to live for one's self and all you hear is will so and so would be sad if you were gone, like I don't think they get how tired we are living with all this pain just to keep them happy. But I hope one day we can both find reasons inside ourselves to always live
I think I might have autism. This very much surprises people because i’m so “high-functioning” and very sociable. i just learned how to mask really well lmao
@Groove Me too, I'm totally an extrovert. I've taken crappy tests out of curiosity that basically told me I couldn't be autistic because it's easy for me to make friends. Which is ridiculous, because that's not the only communication issue autistic people can have.
I want to be a housewife because my mental illness makes it impossible for me to have a job long term
@babydolly that's fair
I love my boyfriend a lot; even though I sucked another guy off while manic (we were on a sex break and agreed to open our relationship for the time being)
767d
That I don't look my age.
@Spookybee same
772d
I'm approachable. #papertiger
My autism and OCD contribute to a lot of my best traits.
@Whizzah interesting
Trading to look always ok even does I feel alone that I’m a bag in my daughters house, I notice that every day and I don’t know what to do because I don’t have a place to go here and stay until my transplant 😥 😥 😥 😥
789d
I fear the color white
@Gingysnao interesting
Even though I'm lean and skinny, I still want to lose some weight. People think I'm crazy.
I have multiple chronic illnesses/conditions, I have chronic pain, I struggle mentally.... The list goes on. I try my best to not show any of that when at work and around people other than close family/friends
I am never not in pain.
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790d
That i want to run away where i can't be found and start over but truth is I'd never leave my kids behind or subject them to something unfamiliar when their rooted where we currently are! so i dream about it.
My two favorite Disney characters are eyore and Minnie Mouse
@Unicornlover1234 I love them as well!
I’m a huge Disney fan!!!
@Unicornlover1234 same!!!
I’m a sweet and caring person
My third favorite vacation place to go is Florida because my third favorite amusement park Disney world is there
Especially by airplane
I love traveling
@Unicornlover1234 same
Paris
My two favorite vacation places are parks and Hawaii
I am an A+ student in college
@Unicornlover1234 nice!
I love going to the pool and the beach on sunny days
My favorite colors are pink and purple
I’m always a happy person too
My favorite pet animal is a dog, and my favorite wild animal is a panda
I have a big brother, little sister, a younger brother, and another big brother, a big sister, and another little brother
@Unicornlover1234 that's a lot of family
My 3 favorite amusement parks are Disneyland, Seaworld, and universal studios
I’m an animal lover
And i have 3 kids and me and my husband are having our 4th kid
And I have a new husband
I have ADHD and seizures
793d
I have so many horrible thoughts in my head all of the time and I have a big D if you saw me I don't look like I can do a lot of things, but I can do most of those things
794d
i think i may be asexual but i don’t know if it’s due to the fact that i’ve been on potentially libido lowering meds all of my life or if it’s just the way i am
I was the first person to earn the Summit Award in my state's record. It's the highest rank in the Venture Crew (high adventure) branch of the Boy Scouts, like the Eagle is in the scout troops. And I'm a woman, have been all my life.
That I was kicked out at 17. N that my mom told me when I was younger when my heart would act up to tell everyone I love them Incase I die.which I still do.
795d
I can say the alphabet backwards in 3 seconds
@Quincy woah that's pretty impressive
@Quincy Fr? 😳
@Quincy wow 😳
I used to be overweight. People always get upset (for me, not at me) when i talk negatively about myself of buy clothes too big. They dont know thats how i still see myself
I am really shy when you meet me in person, but can be really talkative
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@Rach_Williams I am literally the same way
With all my differing diagnosis over the years, i finally feel like I found the right one. Im apprehensive to be open about being autistic with family because they will just argue and that “you are so talkative though!” “you make eye contact?” it really is messing me up because i finally feel so sure and right with this. I feel free and yet not disclosing it especially because its a special interest for me right now is supper difficult
796d
I can't sleep at night I go to bed at a decent hour I just can't stay asleep
@Theearloflife same here
I have a super hard time making friends or maintaining relationships. Even though I come across as very approachable and friendly. At this point in time I have no close friends at all. And all my family and children live out of state so I really have no one to talk to or rely on when I need it the most. I just can’t seem to find it in me to go looking for a new friend. The task seems overwhelming
803d
Both my parents have died and I feel way too young to be without parents (I’m 35). I grew up thinking my family was poor because we lived so frugally but it turns out my dad was squirreling away tons money and investing it all those years. Once all the paperwork is done my sister and I will inherit said money and it will most likely flip my entire life on its head. The life insurance policy distributions alone have altered my life in unimaginable ways and coming to terms with all this along with our recent loss is just so overwhelming. Also, because my sister is autistic and unable to help with most things I’ve been handling the majority of all my parent’s accounts and belongings. And I’ve got the funeral to plan still. And I work full time. I guess I’m pretty overwhelmed!
@Beachykeen so sorry for your loss. I lost both of mine at a young age too.
@Beachykeen I'm so sorry for your loss! It sounds like you've a lot on your plate, if you ever need someone to talk to please feel free to message me.
I can recite all 50 US states in alphabetical order off the top of my head.
@BipolarCoaster that's actually super cool
804d
I’m tired of having to be strong and brave all the time. I want to break down and be vulnerable and be supported and seen
822d
I’m one of the top subway surfer players in the us 😂
@Infinity that's cool though I loved that game and always wanted to make it to the top
830d
I have lots of invisible chronic symptoms/illnesses and every day is a struggle and nearly no one believes what I go through and thinks it's all in my head and that I'm making it up. It hurts and it feels lonely out here. I've been robbed of my 20s as this all began when I was hit by a car when I was about to be 18. I feel so behind in life.
831d
I always get my hair cut in the “Detached undercut” style so I can have long hair but have my right ear covered so I or no one else has to see it cause it doesn’t function
836d
I create 100% of my own problems and even knowing so, I still can’t stop.
i graduated high school a year early & started college at seventeen
@antikarma wow that's cool
I take so many different medicines that I don’t know what works and what doesn’t. My mind tricks me into believing I’m fine and don’t need them but that’s not true.
I have pretty bad adhd but get good grades at a top tier college
@Mangogodancer that's impressive
@Mangogodancer tell the rest of us how you do it 😭
I was homeschooled my entire life lol
@CaliDreamer I wasn't I always wanted to be my parents wanted me to be social though
@CaliDreamer me too!
@CaliDreamer Same! I loved it because I didn't have to deal with people
839d
I'm an adult who has never had sex or kissed anyone because I'm scared
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@Halloween same. But it’s because I am asexual.
@Halloween that is so fair!! Do everything in your own time 😊💕
I used to pretend to be two different persons in high school: the me who was an outcast and depressed inside school, and the me who was outgoing and friendly outside of it.
I was in a semi truck accident. The truck flipped over with me in it on the passenger side. My side drug the pavement and I came away completely unscathed
@KayGirlGo that's a miracle
I constantly have a feeling of impending doom and that something terrible is going to happen
@Purplegrapes same
i’ve had a threesome lmaooo
I’m super good at tetris
@Naomibaby interesting
840d
@Tammy72 you reminded me of my secret. I died once. CPR brought my back for a second, I looked my friend in the face and watched everything go black again. That was the first time I had felt so much peace… ever. So I’m afraid to self harm now because I know if I ever cross the line to where I’m going to attempt suicide, I know I will do it. Death no longer scares me.
I like this post. I like all of you.
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I have alexthymia but also synaesthesia that correlates to emotions, people, and relationships. I do not know how to figure out complex feelings without it. Ive spent the past few years deciphering it all and now Im healing as a person but also feel very alone as I feel others wont get the way I perceive things. I am working on that with my boyfriend and now I get to tell him his colors and how His personality is a piece of art. And he is better understanding me as I explain my colors. I call it my Brains Loophole.
@Jadie interesting
My anxiety debilitates me and ruins my Life. I act like I’m happy when I’m dying inside
@Grnhzlbrwn same
I have synesthesia so when I listen to music I can associate certain notes with colors. Also I’m hyper flexible naturally. I fold my back more easily, twist my arms around, I used to be able to do the splits and I because of it I was pretty good at dance. I also can escape handcuffs as well. My sister and mom also have the hyperflexiblity as well, my sister is a gymnast so she can do an oversplit.
@Ninothesloth that's cool
Yea, I get that too. Intangible pain whether it’s physical or mental is the worst bc others can’t see it
My heart beat sounds like a clock.
@CrystalHeart interesting
I have so many medical issues. And I am afraid to fall asleep, and never wake up. I have Multiple sclerosis, SCAD, FMD, AFIB, fibroids, high blood pressure, and on top of that Foot drop. I find very difficult to stay positive, when I am fighting to survive. And I keep working from home, cooking, cleaning, and driving my kids to school and activities. I am tired of hiding behind a fake smile 🤷🏻♀️
@Tammy72 if you aren’t already I strongly suggest talking about this with a therapist or other trusted professional for you and your kids sake because you’re right to be tired as all of that is exhausting without having to hide behind a fake smile♥️ especially family counseling so you can talk to your kids in a healthy way about these feelings/what’s going on in your life that is a huge part in theirs
I’m dying inside but that’s ok 😩
843d
i couldn’t tie my shoes until i was 13 lol. i have no idea why it took me so long, even still. i think i just get frustrated easily.
@nickvalentine I struggled to tie my shoes as well
@nickvalentine I was in the double digits when I learned how to tie my shoes. I had small feet and could get away with wearing velcro shoes for the longest time. I couldn't grasp how to tie my shoes regardless of which adult showed me how until one day I just finally understood.
I hate myself so much that I can’t look in the mirror without crying.
@SapleMyrup I'm so sorry you're having a hard time 😥 if you ever need someone to talk to I'm here 💕
I’m terrified I don’t know who I am. But how can I know who I am when almost all of my life is being overtaken by other people and by my illnesses. Sometimes I only every feel like my IBS makes up all of who I am, because it’s so hard to look past something that overtakes my life the way that this does
I make pottery and have two bachelors degrees for art/ceramics and art education.
@CleverBoat143 that is amazing!
@CleverBoat143 that's so cool!
Sleepysleeps, you’re not alone.
Despite my autism and difficulties focusing, I've found moderate success in the field of law enforcement. I had a professor in college who told me it wasn't meant to be and I felt so discouraged. 4 years later and I am so glad I didn't listen. ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!!!
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@Rodrigo so happy for you
I don't remember 98% of my life due to severe dissociation and memory issues, and it's really scary. I can forget something literal seconds after it happens. I hate it, and everyone thinks I'm stupid because of it.
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@Venti I can't imagine how that feels
My sister is jealous of my chronic illnesses, also I love being autistic
@smiley.rainbows your sister is wrong for that in so many ways (PS I love it too, sometimes)
i'm in mensa (top 2% iq) but hardly graduated highschool
@cryptic that must be difficult to be in with people with normal iqs
@cryptic I feel this😕 I’ve never had my IQ tested, so not sure exactly how I’d stack up, but my standardized test scores were some of the best in the country when I was a kid, and I was identified as being advanced etc etc, but went to a Christian school that just had me use my free time in class after I’d get done with something teaching the other kids who were struggling with a lesson etc. I really wish there had been a good gifted program or something, I feel like that would’ve helped a lot growing up- especially as things like my OCD and ASD got more severe or difficult to deal with as I got older. I barely graduated high school too😕 most of my grades ended up being pass/fails
I have a chromhidrosis which causes my sweat to be pigmented blue
@StrawberryBlonde that's very interesting I've never heard of that
844d
I learned to write with both my hands, speak three languages, and how to play every board game by myself because I didn't have any friends to play with or talk to. I was my own best friend. I still entertain myself 99% of the time.
@ADreamInside holy cow that's cool
i really struggle to brush my teeth & keep putting off the dentist even tho my teeth hurt. i’m terrified of going to the gyno because of because my weight & am so self conscious.
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846d
when people witness my episodes they're shocked and usually can't handle it. it sucks, after that they never see me the same
@healthybean I have had the same issues 😐
847d
I have Erb's palsy in my right shoulder.
@QueenOfAwkward I'll have to look that up never heard of it
I am not diagnosed, but I am pretty sure I am a compulsive liar because I lie over the littlest things. I am able to get away with a lot and I have a good memory. I pretend and lie that I don’t remember things. I lie to my therapist and doctor unfortunately, but that’s because I lied to myself and told myself I was better. I don’t know how much longer I can lie.
@Saltybean interesting
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@Saltybean I relate. I don’t lie nearly as much over the small things, but I always lie to therapists. And sometimes I lie to avoid certain reactions in other people (I know I shouldn’t) and it always comes back to bite me. I don’t want to be this way, but in the moment it seems like the only option sometimes.
I live in Texas and hate Mexican food (especially beans. No.)
@Toko I dislike Mexican food as well
@Toko ugh hate beans!
I am now two days clean from self harm and i want to quit for good this time. I'm ready to be better!
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@quentinsorentino hope it's still going well
@quentinsorentino this is amazing! My sister is almost at 6months and I couldn't be prouder ❤️
@quentinsorentino I'm so proud of you, you've got this 😊💕
@quentinsorentino you can do it!!! It feels amazing to be free of that and to be confident that you can push through all the hard days💕🙌 Keep it up, even through those days that make you feel like maybe you weren't ready. You are. I promise those days will get less and less common if you just keep going and trust your decision!!🤗
I have a phobia of throw up and work in the medical field..not a nurse. I’ll pretend I have to go to the bathroom for like 10 minutes if I hear a patient is nausea.
@Manders oh geez that must be difficult to deal with
848d
I've not had any friends since I was in elementary school, and I've never had an intimate relationship. I'm in my 20s now, but I think it might stay this way forever...
@Sinma I don't really have friends and after 3 years housebound without a job or a social life it's really getting to me.... Hoping to make some connections on this app with people who understand ❤️
@Sinma me too. I’ve never had a romantic relationship, and I don’t have any friends.
@Sinma same, after elementary school I kinda forgot how to be friends. I can socialize for as long as I need to but then I shut back off and keep to myself as an introvert and don’t really know how to be around friends casually as myself
@Sinma it's difficult to find friends, people just are too ashamed to admit it but a lot of people struggles with that (myself included). I believe you can find friends, don't give up ❤️
850d
Was psychologically abused at my job for 3 years in my early 20s. I’m 28 now and I still have nightmares about working for her.
@RetiredEmoKid I had a similar experience for only 6 months I don’t how you dealt with 3 years. I'm sorry you had that experience.
@RetiredEmoKid I had a similar experience & also still struggle with emotional flashbacks & nightmares, thank you for sharing 💚
@Sleepysleeps you’re not alone. I feel the same way as you 💕
People are surprised I don't have a job. I can't keep a job. Every time I try I get fired or almost fired (then they talk about firing me until I quit). And they always do it for the same reason; my symptoms of adhd, schizophrenia, and my severe anxiety I have yet to get a diagnosis for. People say I'm lazy and that I'm not setting a good example for my daughter because I'm just trying to apply for SSI instead of finding a job. I can't work, it's an actual struggle and when I was working I was neglecting taking care of myself because of how stressful and awful it was. I'm trying my best. I'm trying.
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@RosesForMyDear I’m sure you are. Be gentle with yourself.. Mental illness is horrible.
@RosesForMyDear People think that I'm not going to go anywhere with my life because I've been living in my car. My husband's in a halfway house. We can't get ahead. I have difficulties getting the help I need. He's working but I've been out of work for over a year because of my mental health. It's exhausting to say the least. With prices continuing to go up I'm not sure how we can continue to keep up with even this.
@RosesForMyDear I know what a struggle it is. I get it. I tried for 10 years to get social security and they never would approve me. For what it's worth, I did eventually go back to school and have finally found something that I can do at least part time. Hopefully you'll find something that will work for you and/or you'll get approved.
I have William syndrome
@Pinky20201 what is that?
889d
My abusive mom got me arrested. It's a long story, but basically she made empty threats towards me for months, and I overreacted thinking she was actually gonna do it. We got into a big physical fight over it, with her trying to choke me, and me tearing her shirt straight down the middle off her back 😬
@ghhhostboy if she’s the one who initiated first to try to hurt you she should be the one in jail, not you. How often do you deal with her? If it’s often please get out of that situation if you can.
890d
I almost died
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@badkarma I was almost stillborn. I have only almost died from almost getting hit by cars more than once since then. I wish I had better depth perception. I was born almost too late because my mom couldn't go into labor.
@badkarma that must have been scary
@badkarma me too a few times. I have a lot hiding behind closed doors.
@badkarma me too
I’m panromantic asexual even though I’m a Christian and come from a really conservative family! I’m dating a person who is trans. It's an online, long-distance relationship currently but we hope to meet in person soon!
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@EchoWings interesting
@EchoWings I hope everything goes well for you!!!
I have been depressed since I was a teenager, before I was diagnosed with my physical condition. I think in a sense I had a feeling that something bad will happen all the time. Sometimes I wonder whether I did it to myself unconsciously.
@Emma37 ah yes the doom of depression
@Emma37 yes!! impending doom
I’m really scared of being alone, I’m glad this platform exists…
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@Pheobe glad you're here
@Pheobe Me too, Phoebe. I am almost panicky when left alone.
@Pheobe I'm glad you're here! 🤗
895d
I loved skiing as a child, for the past few years it’s been hard for me.. maybe this year it will happen again?
@Angie hopefully you will get to again
897d
That we have autism. We're extremely good at masking
@TheFlowerMoonSystem it's the same for us
@Something_Strange I see that's interesting
That I keep my promises to people. No matter what. People seem to be taken back by the fact that somebody can actually say some thing and actually follow through.
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@Painsucks320 felt
898d
I genuinely dont know how to feel good feelings. I just got an RV, which will help me get out of my abusive home, but I feel absolutely nothing. Sadness, depression, loneliness on the other hand? I feel them in spades with enough to share.......
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@SilasLefae it's difficult
@SilasLefae if you ever need to chat I'm here 💕
@SilasLefae I'm the same way, I have no feelings anymore
@lora53 same goes if you ever want to chat my inbox is open ☺️
899d
I love my manic episodes. If my husband didn't check in with me all the time, I am sure that I wouldn't have taken my drugs.
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@Butterfly he sounds lovely
@Butterfly I love my hyper ones but not the regular ones I call them terrified manic
152d
@Masscrystal interesting
904d
I taught myself chess as a distraction for the pain and accidentally got really good at it.
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@WonderfulWeirdo thats cool
I have 10 grandbabies including the set of twins we got last year....I'm raising a 5 yr old granddaughter and she's pregnant again
@platinum77 wow that's a lot
I'm the one in my family with the most medical problems at my age. On the plus side I also surprise everyone with being extra flexible even being over weight
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@Tinie same but they are not very good with everything
I have too much anxiety to get a drivers license and it’s embarrassing when people my age ask if I drive.
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@Sleepysleeps I had issues with that
@Sleepysleeps I feel the same way. It seems like some people can't wrap their minds around that driving a vehicle can be very scary. I have mixed anxiety and depression and it scares me to get behind the wheel.
@Sleepysleeps omg same
@Sleepysleeps you are far from alone. I'm 39 and was medically advised to never learn to drive back when I was 14. I tend to tell people I never learnt because I lived in the city if it is a passing conversation, anything after that I'll just say I can't for medical reasons, I don't like going over the whole medical history because explaining what dyspraxia is esp the lack of depth perception and short term memory issues it causes me is tiresome and then comes the S word, schiz, which makes people see me completely differently.
@Sleepysleeps do what you can to get it under control and one day, you will be able to get it! I just truned 32 and still don't havey license due to epilepsy and i dont think ill ever be able to get it!
@Sleepysleeps same here. My parents keep pushing me to get mine too and it really isn’t helping with the anxiety.
@Sleepysleeps I've hired older people who only have state IDs, not drivers licenses, and never thought anything of it. But if someone bugs you about why, you could just say you don't enjoy driving and so you never pursued it. Nothing wrong with that 💛
@Sleepysleeps I'm 50 and have never had my driver's license! I failed the driving test at 17 and have only had the permit twice since. 😥
@Sleepysleeps I understand. At age 32, it makes me feel like less of a person everytime I ask for rides
@Sleepysleeps same here and I have a visual processing disorder so that doesn’t help either and only my boyfriend and mom understands why I don’t want to drive and I feel like everyone else expects me to.
@Sleepysleeps same here, I'm going on 32 and still no license 😩
@Sleepysleeps I was the same. I finally got it at 35. And I still dislike driving but I can do it and will if I have to.
@Sleepysleeps same. I wish there was better public transportation around me, I think the idea that all adults should just be expected to drive is ridiculous and bad for the environment. Why can't we have a high speed national train system or even just more buses the way they do in other countries?
@El12345 I feel the same!! Thanks for sharing that!
640d
@Sleepysleeps can definitely relate
@Sleepysleeps same & im 20
655d
@Sleepysleeps I'm 27 and I still don't have my driver's license. I have non epileptic seizures caused by anxiety.
658d
@Sleepysleeps same! my partner is very adamant that I get my license, even though just sitting behind the wheel of a parked car is uncomfortable. They don't seem to understand that I Can't Do It, it's one of the few things neither of us will budge opinions on :(
@Sleepysleeps I didn't get mine until I was 28.
@Sleepysleeps I never wanted to get a license. I was 18 when my parents forced me to take a class for it. I was 20 when I was forced to get my first car because there was no bus system where I lived and it was too far and too hot to walk anywhere. Once I got together with my now husband, I taught him how to drive and now refuse to drive unless I have to. Part of it's because of anxiety and living in a big city now and part of it's because I never had the desire to learn in the first place.
@Sleepysleeps sameee and I'm about to be 30!😭
@Sleepysleeps I am exactly the same and almost 31 years old. I'm working on it so slowly but it terrifies me and there's no reason for me to be afraid of driving.
@Sleepysleeps Same! Even my mother in law is getting impatient with me. Lol
@Sleepysleeps I use to I had to force myself to do it I wanted independence more, I was 38
@Sleepysleeps same
@Sleepysleeps I know I'm late to the game, new to the app. But I got my driver's license last year at age 32 because of my anxiety. Trust me, it still gives me anxiety to drive, especially if there's other cars on the road.
@Gab21 I've had to learn to be very defensive driving in my town
@Sleepysleeps ❤️
@Sleepysleeps I didn't get my license till I was 23 and only got it because covid restrictions made the test not on the roads in my state and the instructor wasn't in the car. My mom was. I barely passed and now I'm almost 25 and still don't drive. I have PTSD from a bad car wreck when I was a kid, everyone was okay. I just always hear the crunch of metal whenever I'm in a car now. Even if I'm not driving. You're not alone and it's not anything to be ashamed of. And I promise if it's a learning issue the right person makes a world of difference. My fiance had to teach me. After 20+ people tried he was the only one who could get me comfortable enough to get over 10Mpr. You got this. And even if you don't, my step mom's in her 50's and can't drive on highways, at night, or in the rain because of her anxiety. 💕
@Sleepysleeps Same here. 22
693d
@Sleepysleeps me also
@Sleepysleeps same, im 27 and everyone assumes I know how to drive but just let my bf do it. I know "how" but I've never had my permit
@Sleepysleeps I relate to this so much. I feel so embarrassed when people ask me why I don't drive. I'm sorry you're experiencing this🖤
@Sleepysleeps my grandmother from my moms side is 70 and has no license which is a bit ironic considering that my grandfather used to be a taxi driver
@Sleepysleeps I have the same problem I’m 35.
@Sleepysleeps dude same
@Sleepysleeps me too ❤️
@Sleepysleeps me too! I'm trying my best to work through it though because my life is starting to completely require my ability to drive. I'm 23.
@Sleepysleeps I have this problem and I'm 28. It's only half a lie when I tell them I can't because of my medication, but it's saved me so much grief since I started sharing that. Entirely true or not, I swear by it.
@loveshespoke I’m 26 and that’s what I say too!!
@Sleepysleeps i bought a car for cheap, registered it, got insurance, and let it sit for a year. Im 22 and im taking my first real driving lesson today and im freaking out
@maya64 GOOD LUCK! I believe in you. You got this.
@maya64 I believe in you
@Sleepysleeps same, 25 now and still not ready. It’s hard when people have such a judgmental attitude towards people who don’t have their license yet 🥲
@Sleepysleeps I'm almost 40 and in the same boat you're not alone!
@Sleepysleeps I'm 36 no L's due to crippling anxiety. My mother recently passed away never drove either due to anxiety and fear. 😔
@RareEyez86 So sorry for your loss If you need to talk I'm here. I too have lost my mom. 😞
@RareEyez86 sorry to hear that :( I’m 26, whenever I would drive I get pins and needles in my hand, feet, head, and I feel like I am about to die. I don’t understand why it randomly started happening to me 4 years ago. I use to be able to drive. But after dealing with an illness and commuting an hour to work everyday. I feel like my body just cocked out and goes into panic mode whenever I drive.
@Sleepysleeps I am 25 years old, I got a car and a driver's license...yet I have too much anxiety to take my self to work. I know the feeling especially when you live in a town where there is traffic everywhere...
@Sleepysleeps same. I’m almost 35 with no license in sight…
@Sleepysleeps 19 and relate too much 😩 doesn’t help when you’re paranoid of crashing
@Sleepysleeps I'm about to be 25 and I still don't know how to drive either. You are definitely not alone
@Sleepysleeps me too!!
@Sleepysleeps I was 23 when I got mine.
@LnP011 I was 27 when I got mine!
@Sleepysleeps your not alone I was 25 before I could get pass learners test a mix of anxiety, dyslexia and the world kicking my butt. If you need a support or quizer I'm here
@Sleepysleeps sameeee and I’m 19 😭
@Snow_Storm 40 and don’t drive.
@Snow_Storm same I'm nineteen!!
@Sleepysleeps me too.
I have a little sister and she doesn't have the chronic disease that I do. It really affects my relationship with her I'm extremely jealous of her..
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@Emma37 same but its my older sister she only deals with one thing
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@Emma37 Before I became chronically ill,my younger sister was my best friend. Now we haven't talked in years
@Emma37 well I don’t know what to say. Don’t let stuff eat you up.
@Emma37 please don't let the feeling of jealously keep you from being a good sister. I believe my brother still holds alot of resentment for me and we still don't have a relationship even though were in our 30's. I was diganosed with epilepsy at 10 years old so alot of my parents focus went onto me and he became jealous of it. It's like i don't have a brother!
@Emma37 I understand that as well I have chronic conditions and my sister she's only got allergies and that's it. So I'm just like how do you not have chronic illnesses like I do?
@Emma37 I’m the same way with my sister! I have IBS, Arthritis, Sciatica, and Schizophrenia, so whenever I talk about how I’m feeling it’s hard for her to understand. I’m glad that she doesn’t have to experience anything of what I do, but at the same time I’m super jealous and always hate that I’m the only one who has to deal with it. Why couldn’t we have shared this stuff instead of all of it getting piled onto me? Maybe she could’ve taken the IBS and Sciatica? Come on, my genetics could have spread it around a little bit, just saying. 😂 But I totally get what you’re saying, I get jealous of her a lot. She’s in perfect health and is able to do all of the physical activities she wants, while I’m stuck at home doing nothing because it just hurts to live.
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@Mafuyu totally get you – I don’t feel jealous of my sister in the same way tbh bc she has adhd too and struggles of her own – but like it’s the same thing where I got literally everything else lmao. autism, swyer syndrome, even shit like milia and pilar cysts. I always make sure to shut myself down when I start feeling jealous about it bc I’m pretty sure she feels bad enough somewhere in there for the both of us but sometimes even just reflecting on how I’ll never be able to have my own bio kids gets me down ngl
@Emma37 I understand. that’s me with my four older siblings…none of them have what I do so it makes me extremely jealous also
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One of my permanent teeth is actually a wisdom tooth, and not the molar that's usually there. The molar didn't form right, so they just dragged me wisdom tooth in as a replacement.
@Avery interesting
@Avery Interesting.
@Avery I've often fantasized about doing this very thing, since I lost my second molar to a root canal that I didn't have crowned fast enough when I was young. It's the only missing tooth I have but just knowing that there are some wisdom teeth behind there that could be used, or could have been used anyway, makes me wish I could have done that.
I survived Lyme meningoencephalitis. It's been 5 years, and I still hallucinate when I'm overtired. But I don't think I'm patient 0 of the zombie apocalypse anymore
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@seaborn holy that's a lot hope you are ok
@seaborn 👍
@seaborn I still feel like I'm a pod person🤗
I love poetry+spoken word. Hearing others inspires me to write my own. My pain & emotions is often expressed through my poems, it’s an outlet.
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@moon.stars.oceans I love these too and do the exact same. Always happy to swap with people. Constructive criticism is welcome!
@moon.stars.oceans I love poetry as well
@moon.stars.oceans I am willing to do a poetry swap with anyone here
@djtherandomraven yesss
@moon.stars.oceans Good way to deal with it.
@moon.stars.oceans lmao same
@moon.stars.oceans I write poetry too! I’m working on a book of poetry, slow going though.
@Greenie23 that's amazing
@Greenie23 Good going! Let me know when it comes out.
@moon.stars.oceans Poetry used to be a bigger part of my life. I think I stopped writing it because I started healing.
@WhiteFlamingo Well if you’re healing, good.
@moon.stars.oceans I write music
@Masscrystal Go for it!
@moon.stars.oceans I have exactly one ten-year-old poem of my own, but I also love to listen to spoken poetry.
@moon.stars.oceans that's great, I write some to. Maybe could exchange a poem or two .....
@JaneDoe i would like to jump on the poem exchange train 🚂
@JaneDoe @moon.stars.oceans same! Would love to exchange!!
@moon.stars.oceans I also write poetry! It’s such a good way to express emotions
@moon.stars.oceans I write if you ever want to swap
I am basically in chronic pain all the time, but no one can see that on the outside.
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@randochikn oh geez
304d
@randochikn pretty much the same.. I am just had so many surgeries in the past. I just became a master at masking pain
@randochikn 🙏
@randochikn I am used to it now.
@randochikn I am too it's very rough.😥
@randochikn I'm with you on that one
@randochikn that sounds exhausting 😥
I have a twin brother
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@rainbow1979 nice
@rainbow1979 cool
I have autism but I work in EMS and have to interact with people and mask everyday.
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@Wlwsavage that's amazing that you are able to do that
@Wlwsavage Glad to hear that you are able to do that. I’ll keep you in prayer.
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@Wlwsavage i have a similar situation! When i was diagnosed with ASD, my dad said to me "you have problems with communication and social interactions but your job is to interact with the general public on a daily basis - and you're good at your job. How does that make sense?" And im like yeah its weird. I think being at work makes me go into mega super human mask mode. Its like im a different person. But non work me, tries to even speak a word to a cashier in a shop, or have a normal conversation with a relative? Im just unable to do so. Strange but interesting
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@Wlwsavage Sounds rough.
I have multiple chronic illnesses, but everyone looks at me and thinks I have a perfect life because I am “intelligent” according to others and do good in school
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@Chronicallyconfusing so true
@Chronicallyconfusing I know what you mean
@Chronicallyconfusing 🙏❤️
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@Chronicallyconfusing Omg same even my parents completely forget that at any given moment I could be disabled cuz I rely on my dad to take me to the hospital and he moves the appointments everytime and ppl too think your doing good just because I'm trying my very best not to let MS define me doesn't mean I'm completely fine or I'm even coping with it well 🙃
@Chronicallyconfusing I WAS GONNA COMMENT SOMETHING SO SIMILAR OMG.. I always felt like I had to compensate for being so medically needy by being a total brainiac... Turns out that just gave me stress and made all my preexisting stuff worse 😅
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