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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 317823" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Wow, Daisy that is incredible. I am so happy to hear that there are still people out there that "get it", especially ones that are making things easier for you.</p><p></p><p>Mutt, you nailed it, when you said people are not trying to make us mad, they are just not enlightened. I always thought it was my mission in life to write a book about difficult child and mental illness so that somehow the world could see more clearly. Well, I guess I still do think it is my mission - but I am currently stuck in a thick writers block.</p><p></p><p>I am so glad we do have this board and each other to lean on. I truly am grateful for it, every day. Before I met all of you, I truly thought I was the only one who had a Matt, and therefore since my kid was a one of a kind, it must be my fault that he is the way he is. Now I know there are many Matt's, and we all are not to blame, but rather the illness. Still - I rarely share his true struggles with friends. Unfortunately when I share too much, I feel like most people want to push the blame back on me, and I can't deal with it. Instead I candy coat the issue when people ask about my son.</p><p>"Oh, he is in Idaho in a program designed to help struggling kids." And when or if they push the subject I just tell them I do not want to discuss it anymore. </p><p></p><p>Wouldn't it be nice if our world really understood without judgment being cast? They understand Alzheimers, and Diabetes - why not mental illness?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 317823, member: 3301"] Wow, Daisy that is incredible. I am so happy to hear that there are still people out there that "get it", especially ones that are making things easier for you. Mutt, you nailed it, when you said people are not trying to make us mad, they are just not enlightened. I always thought it was my mission in life to write a book about difficult child and mental illness so that somehow the world could see more clearly. Well, I guess I still do think it is my mission - but I am currently stuck in a thick writers block. I am so glad we do have this board and each other to lean on. I truly am grateful for it, every day. Before I met all of you, I truly thought I was the only one who had a Matt, and therefore since my kid was a one of a kind, it must be my fault that he is the way he is. Now I know there are many Matt's, and we all are not to blame, but rather the illness. Still - I rarely share his true struggles with friends. Unfortunately when I share too much, I feel like most people want to push the blame back on me, and I can't deal with it. Instead I candy coat the issue when people ask about my son. "Oh, he is in Idaho in a program designed to help struggling kids." And when or if they push the subject I just tell them I do not want to discuss it anymore. Wouldn't it be nice if our world really understood without judgment being cast? They understand Alzheimers, and Diabetes - why not mental illness? [/QUOTE]
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