The hardest thing to my understanding is not just living through it but is accepting that you have the disability that just wont go away. For that I applaud you.
With the people that surround me, I can see that part is the hardest for them. One of those people is my friend's son who has Tourette's syndrome. Along with being teased and bullied by others, having to accept his disability is just starting and it is very hard. People's understanding to disabilities are also minimal. Thinking Tourette's is just outbursts of swearing but it isn't. I even had someone tell me they want to have the disability just cause it seems like fun to shout out 'shit' or 'fuck' randomly. Thinks its hilarious.
Writing your journey is not only beautiful but also filling us with more information. With knowledge comes acceptance and less ignorance.
Thank you for writing about it. For me personally, I appreciate you for doing this. It is hard for just one person to 'spread the word' to help people understand instead of point fingers.
I'd love you hug you right now, what you have done is huge! I am sure you know this. Opening up to the world on steemit must have gotten your heart pumping just to write it, then pressing the post button, even more. High 5 man! Be you, be beautiful!
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Thank you so much. It's true, posting this did get my heart pumping a bit. I was having a bad couple of days when I wrote it and really needed to get it out. And I am glad I did. Especially after the thoughtful and positive responses I have received.
Steemit is a good place to be. A lot of good people here. I started a contest today to help raise awareness and I shared your story in the post. Something I have thought about writing before but what better way to spread the word to encourage people to write about their own experience, I think its a good start. Here is the link if you want to check it out. https://steemit.com/contest/@foxyspirit/spread-the-word-contest. By the way I have been trying to upvote your post and for some reason it just won't go. Im going to try again, but I did resteem it :D
It is seven days old as of today so I don't know if you can upvote it any more. Thank you though!
I was able to finally. I guess day 7 counts but nothing after that lol ;)
Ok I am slow I just saw that you wrote on it :D lol. Sorry
Haha. @ginabot notified me.