I Am Disabled
I'm disabled, been all my life. One thing I hate is people feeling sorry for me. If I struggle with something, it is ok. Stares don't bother me as I'm used to them. Just don't give me that poor woman look.
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ViciDraco · 36-40, M
I understand this so much. Perfectly ok if people see me doing something and want to offer a hand. But I had a woman in a store one day tell me about how she had to live out of her car with her dog but that it was humbling to be reminded that someone always has a larger struggle. I was polite but secretly very off put for her to assume that being homeless was easier than having only one leg.
It's like geez people, we all have our own struggles. How hard they are to manage depends a lot on our ability to deal with them. Some of us can manage surprisingly well and the assumptions of our helplessness can be hurtful.
It's like geez people, we all have our own struggles. How hard they are to manage depends a lot on our ability to deal with them. Some of us can manage surprisingly well and the assumptions of our helplessness can be hurtful.