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What you wish people understood
Siena
Posts: 15,463 Skive's The Limit
Hey
So feel free to join me in writing down what you wish people understood. Can be about yourself or anything. Or even what you wish people knew about you.
Feel like i have loads but anyway will start with saying; i wish people understood i need a lot of personal space and just because i want to be by myself, doesnt mean am in bad mood or hate the persons company
Also wish people understood that when i question somethig someone believes, i aint dismissing their belief or trying to be rude or start agrument, just trying to understand.
“And when they look at you, they won't see everything you've been through. They won't see the **** that turned to scars that began to fade with time. They won't see the heartbreaking things that shook up and changed your entire world. They won't know how many tears you cried or even what it was you were crying about. They won't see how strong you had to be because you had no other choice. What they will see though is how compassionate you are because you experienced pain. What they will see is how kind you are because you experienced how cruel the world is. What they will see is how good you are because you've seen how bad things or people can be. The difference between you and your experiences are who you choose to be, despite everything that could have turned you cold and unkind.You are the good the world needs and the best of us.” ~ Kirsten Corley
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I wish people understood that even though I will say No all the time, it doesn't mean they should stop inviting me. I like being invited to things, even if my anxiety prevents me from going.
And I wish people would understand that just because I like snakes and spiders and prefer to be on my own and dress in black doesn't mean Im creepy or weird or, my least favourite, a freak
On a positive note, one day you might find someone who does understand those things. Or is willing to try and understand them. If we all make a little bit of effort to understand each other I think the world would be a slightly better place.
another thing is that I can’t just “snap out of “ my anxiety , it so hard and difficult and I’m not just being silly or over reacting it’s so real for me and telling me to just get over it isn’t going to help I need people to Bee understanding not questioning when I have to leave the room for 5 minutes
and finally
being a young carer is not a easy ride to get out of homework , it’s far from it , I don’t use it as a excuse I genuinely try to find time to do it but that’s not always possible and even be time where yes I do I my mobile phone on ken skip the odd piece of homework - try going home and doing my care role for a SEND nephew and then tell me it’s a easy ride to get out of home
I also wish people understood how exhausting living with a mental illness is.
i defintly agree @Eyepatch that trying to understand others would make the world that lil bit better which is why i made this as insightful too and feel like my quote/signature thing below goes quite well with it.
I do wish some people would understand how suicidal i get and how hard it gets that i feel out of control and that i do also try to get better but is pretty hard
More of a general one...
But i also wished people would understand that everyone has different levels of inteligance and i personally dont think anyone is ‘stupid’. And all have different strengths and parts not so good at.
&to some people i can be seen as really ‘stupid’ as my spelling can be really bad if i dont check it or i ask “stupid” questions and i just dont know some general common knowledge. But i would say i can be pretty wise and have quite a lot of knowledge in some other areas. - the same with everyone
- I wish people understood I'm not bionic, things get to me and some things are a real struggle. I just need 5 minutes alone to get my head together.
- I definitely wish people would understand how fatigued I get with my endometriosis. I can't fault college enough for being so kind I just wish some people had similar empathy because you know it's not simple laziness like its not because I can't be arsed to do something it's just hard really.
I have a few more but can't think right now I'll post them later x
🌈Positive thoughts🌈
"This is my family. I found it, all on my own.It's little, and Broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good." ~ Stitch
"Lately, I've been struggling with all the simple things in my life" ~ Cian Ducrot
"I don't know if it's because my heart hurts or I'm insecure" ~ Juice Wrld
im also not a special case I’m still a normal teenager just I have a few extra hurdles to overcome