Hmm, maybe I'm guilty of doing this to you myself... I'm sorry if I am.
My friend Mai is going blind. When she walks with a walking-cane people claim that she's a fake. You can here them talk about her. There are certain things that people don't believe. Anxiety isn't real. If you're young and pretty you can't possible be blind, shit like that. There are a lot of idiots, well- and fairly intelligent people too, that believe myths like these. I'm sorry for the trouble your having.
Thanks. I don't recall you ever doing it to me. I've usually been the calmer of us, which is a very new experience for me. :)
Yes, if I can express myself and look "together" and all that, it must not be that bad, people think. They don't know how much of my apparent intelligence has gone to maintaining that appearance, whether I've wanted it to or not. It's not like going blind though. I have no idea how I'd handle that. Very poorly, I'd imagine.
She handles it very well. What brings her down most of the time is when people don't believe she's blind. In that sense, I felt as if you could relate.
I'm curious, what do you think will happen if people actually saw how much of a problem this is for you? What would change?
My friend Mai is going blind. When she walks with a walking-cane people claim that she's a fake. You can here them talk about her. There are certain things that people don't believe. Anxiety isn't real. If you're young and pretty you can't possible be blind, shit like that. There are a lot of idiots, well- and fairly intelligent people too, that believe myths like these. I'm sorry for the trouble your having.
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Yes, if I can express myself and look "together" and all that, it must not be that bad, people think. They don't know how much of my apparent intelligence has gone to maintaining that appearance, whether I've wanted it to or not. It's not like going blind though. I have no idea how I'd handle that. Very poorly, I'd imagine.
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I'm curious, what do you think will happen if people actually saw how much of a problem this is for you? What would change?
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