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Old 09-03-2009, 12:48 PM #1
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Default Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 4 - 10, 2009
Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week September 14-20
http://invisibleillnessweek.com/

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Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 4 - 10, 2009
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/highl...003/awareness/


Hi,
Do some of us want to be invisible?
Both?
I think awareness is good but on the other hand I like invisibility for myself.
http://invisibleillnessweek.com/?p=1554


Quote:
B]54 Ways You Say You Respond to “You look so good!”[/B]

1. I am hangin’ in there…
2.
3.
4.
5. I clean up well.
6.
and more
I say #1 at work occasionally. But there are better ones. I think I would like to try #5.





What Awareness Colors Mean for Health
http://invisibleillnessweek.com/?p=187


Would you wear a bracelet for awareness?

Mental Health - Lime Green
Mental Illness - Gray

I'll take Lime Green if you please.

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The more I try to be invisible, the more visable I appear...

It's hard to walk at a super slow pace with a very pronounced limp or wheeling around in a chair and not be seen.

Trouble is... people look at me and then walk away and whisper...oh the things I have heard said about me.
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Does a part of you ever want to give them a show -- to be very visible?

And let them see themselves?

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I've never thought of that...

Not sure how to go about that...

Normally when people are rude about me parking in the blue zone (aka handicap parking) I tell them I would gladly trade my legs for theirs any time and that they couldn't stand having them for more than 5 minutes.

As far as comments about me using an electric cart or my wheel-chair... I try to ignore them but it still hurts very much.


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