Just venting - ignore me!

Touay,

It is good to vent.  I know what rough days feel like - when they are strung together.  So the following is not aimed at trying to make you feel instant happiness / snap out of where you are..........but it will hopefully keep you positivity well gently topped up....

Never being able to read people accurately or consistently DOESN'T mean you can never read people.  You can - the key is working out when you can and when you can't !

You will get to see an expression of love toward you.....but you might need to look harder to notice it.

Number

I hope you don’t mind me jumping in here but I wanted to say that this

Unknown said:

Never being able to read people accurately or consistently DOESN'T mean you can never read people.  You can - the key is working out when you can and when you can't !

is excellent advice/ reframing. I think I could have avoided several of these sorts of times that are described had I heard this sooner.

I wanted to come and write something similar, but your words here are better than I would have managed.

I hope you don’t mind me jumping in here but I wanted to say that this

Unknown said:

Never being able to read people accurately or consistently DOESN'T mean you can never read people.  You can - the key is working out when you can and when you can't !

is excellent advice/ reframing. I think I could have avoided several of these sorts of times that are described had I heard this sooner.

I wanted to come and write something similar, but your words here are better than I would have managed.

Well thank goodness they did and that you listened. Sometimes it can be hard to see, but there often is a lot of good mixed in amongst the not so good. Sometimes we can spot it and other times it’s harder. I think I may be rambling now.

I hope everyone can find some a little bit of that goodness here too.

I can relate to that. This community really helped/is helping me to do the same. It takes a lot of time to come to terms with everything. For me, after being assessed, I sort of when into analysis mode and reflected on every part of my life through that new lens. I had to remind myself that I was still the same person I always had been up until that point. The only difference post diagnosis was that I now had some knowledge that I didn’t have before. With knowledge, planning for what I find difficult or when I find things difficult has become a lot easier.

Cheers CG Oak - that's nice of you to say.  I would love to say that I realised this for myself.....but I was actually conditioned to accept this reality by good (but clearly mad) people who simply wouldn't tolerate my ever worsening self-loathing..... they KEPT banging on about my good bits !

I have been blessed with a VERY few VERY good people in my life that have literally saved me at times.

no problem with you commenting.   I am really trying to work out how to deal with this better, so all suggestions are welcome.