Jak-
Your energy is needed, for sure. One of the problems is that too many PWP come out of that first neuro appointment confused but confident that in five years everything will be cool. By the time they figure out that they have been sold a pacifier, they aren't as strong as they were and energy that might have been used for shouting is required for breathing. You are ahead of the curve on that and there is enough anger and cynicism lying around here to keep you pumped.

I like your Nietzche (sp?) quote. A similar theme that appeals to me but that I have been scolded for before is from a movie (Pappilon I think) where the protagonist has been banished to the horrors of an island leper colony from which there is no return and no contact with the outside. Forcing him onto the beach, the ship beats a hasty retreat as the lepers approach. Turned out that the lepers were a damn sight more human than the rest of society as they welcomed him and helped him make the change to the new reality.

Welcome to the colony Jak.