Re: Successful ADDers annoy the h*ll out of me.

[Anonymous]

@Totallyforgot, you bring things down to earth with your comment about dying from a horrible disease. My best friend has just told me her husband has metastatic bowel cancer, and may not live beyond the next couple of years. They are in their 40s, with two young boys. Sure, my life has had it’s issues, but she has had it much worse then me. Her family has always been rather dysfunctional, so she had to grow up pretty fast. She was wrongly accused of child abuse by her sister (out of spite), and nearly lost her job over it – she was only helping her sister out by giving her and her child a home when they were short of money. Her other sister is slowly dying from liver disease, and now her hubby has cancer. I can think of many things that would make my life look like a romp in the park by comparison.

That said, it still helps to vent when things get on top of us. It’s better than self destructing!! It always irritated me when my mum trivialised my problems by comparing me to somebody worse off. Because they were MY problems, and she SHOULD have cared, as I was her daughter. We all need someone to care about our problems, regardless of how trivial they seem. Just a listening ear makes a huge difference.

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