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Posted by 18k on January 02, 2002 at 21:23:12:In Reply to: Re: Does no one understand??? posted by Starr D. Lacey on January 02, 2002 at 20:20:29:
Email is a bad medium to discuss something like that... its nice not to have to deal with the immediate, and inevitable, response... but people can't see your body language and they can't hear your tone of voice. Though,it may not have made a difference.
When I was younger, about 15 (I'm 21 now) I didn't know what was the matter with me, but I was sick all the time. My dad and sister used to call me stupid every day (even though I had straight A's). I was flighty. I was never listening. I started to believe it.
I started to believe that I WAS stupid or I WAS imagining all of my health problems, but deep down this little voice was telling me that there was something wrong.
I don't know what happened, and I wish I could tell you what, but I started listening to that little voice and I stopped listening to the negative voices.
One day, while having a conversation with my dad, he called me stupid. I stopped yelling and stopped crying and told him not to say that unless he really meant it and thought it was true. I said that it was hurting our relationship. He actually apologized and eventually stopped.
I haven't had much luck with my sister, though. I still see her and talk to her. When she starts to turn evil, I make an excuse to get off the phone or I walk away for a breather. I know I can never win an arguement and I can never get her to understand. But I can understand her... She just doesn't love HERSELF. I know she loves me, she just doesn't know how to do it the right way. This sounds cheesy, but I think its important to love yourself. Not only will you be happier and encounter less problems- I think if you love yourself you won't have to treat people badly like she does.
I just stay away from health topics with her. She'll just never understand. Every time I trty to talk about it with her, she says something nobody but me would forgive and I want to haul off and hit her. I can talk to other people about my health.
I know this was long, but I hope it helped in some way. Don't let other people bring you down and definately don't eat the crap that they're trying to feed you.
- Re: Does no one understand??? Starr D. Lacey 11:29 1/03/02 (1)
- Re: Does no one understand??? 18k 20:49 1/03/02 (0)
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