Theme
7:22pm April 20, 2015

bittersnurr:

slashmarks replied to your post: “slashmarks replied to your post: “familiaralien replied to your…”:
I think it’s either that or they’re reacting in some unusual way to you – not bc you’re not sick but because of some other quality. maybe it’s the neurodivergence?

maybe? but it doesn’t feel like back when everyone thought it was all in my head it’s more like “you probably need grief counseling”.

also I purposely bring my mom in to back me up because I know they take it more seriously if she says it even if I am an adult.

“Two-person rule” is what my DPA calls that last bit.  People take you more seriously on average if there’s another person in the room, even if they don’t do anything.  It can be hard to explain to someone “Yes you’re doing something just by being here, even if it feels like you’re doing nothing – if I was alone they’d treat me like dirt.”  (I got a very argumentative person from my case manager’s team who was determined, on the basis of one ER trip where she’d rather have been at a party, to overturn my entire support plan for the hospital and emergency room.  I was not thrilled, she got so passive aggressive I finally made her leave, and she smiled and was like “So you don’t want me here after all!” and I wanted to smack her or something but of course I didn’t.)