By: Roses

Roses — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:12:56 +0000

This is so true… especially the ignorance and fear people display when it comes to illnesses like schizophrenia. My own brothers have totally rejected my son due to his having this illness… I have 3 brothers and they all have always displayed lack of interest in anyone but themselves and making money. They don’t like me because I’m a woman and they assume women have less burdens then men and an easier time of everything. I especially find it so distasteful that they have no interest and in fact, have hostility towards wanting to learn anything more about the illness. Now if it affected one of their children… then it would be so different. Same true for many in our society… they simply don’t want to know about subjects outside their comfort zone unless it directly affects them. I guess I should lower my expectations for my fellow life travelers… I guess most of us are basically just interested in our needs and our lives and have a difficult enough time dealing with that and don’t want anything more on our plates to deal with. Easier to just make a snap judgement and then close our eyes and our minds to anything else. Tunnel vision seems to be all that matters for some.

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By: Roses