Whenever something bad happens to us, our normal reaction is
“Why me?” Often we think we are the only one. It is not true. Even in the rare
diseases there are people who have had your disease before.
Remember Drew Carey’s character talking “You hate work.
There is a name for that. It is called ‘Everyone’. We meet in the bars.”
There are tons of painfully shy and awkward teenagers. God
knows I was one of them. I understand and struggled to overcome that.
You have a weird family? Me too. Think we are part of that
‘Everyone’ group, with weird uncles. Oh wait, was I one of those too?
See this great video about putting people in boxes. Each
group is in their uniform. But they ask questions where members of each group
join in. My favorite part was a young man who admitted he was bisexual.
He was alone. So everyone there supported him clapping for his bravely coming
forward.
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Go find others who are or have been through something
similar to you. Ask them how they got through? Get support. Learn from their
successes and failures. Go teach others what you learn.
You would not believe what WW2 vets I worked with taught me
about living. The big lesson is we are more alike than different. No matter
where we come from.
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