Today, my aunt informed me that she thinks I'm faking the debilitating disease I've had for the past 13 years. Apparently she thinks I just don't want to go to college or get a job, and that I like living on disability. She also added that my entire extended family agrees with her. FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I'm incredibly sick. I can't breathe, can't walk ten steps without falling, and no one believes me. My mom just sat next to me and said, "Honey, isn't this all a bit much? Quit being dramatic, because I can't believe this." When I asked why I would fake this, my sister yelled, "Guess you can't go shopping!" I'd want to. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML
Today, my dad told me that I'm nothing but a burden because I can't work, and disability is worth nothing. It's not my fault I ended up in an abusive foster home that left me with spinal cord damage. FML
Today, I found out that my parents have always believed that every single time I have ever showed emotion, I was faking it and that I'm actually a sociopath with no feelings. I was kicked out of the theater department at my college for my poor acting skills, and they know it. FML
Today, after years of me trying to get better, I finally have to admit that I'm severely disabled, as I saw it on my assistance paperwork. FML
Today, I was told by my teacher that she had 'given up' teaching me because someone had told her I have a mental illness, and that I don't understand what she says. FML
Today, my mother topped someone's story of their child's problems by saying I'm on drugs. This resulted in people showing up to stage an intervention for me. She made the whole thing up and I've never used drugs, but no one believes me. FML
Today, my sister compared me handling the news of recently being told that I have a devastating and very possibly fatal autoimmune disease, to that of a teenager being melodramatic. FML
Today, I went to the doctor with some serious physical symptoms that amount to being effectively disabled. She didn’t even ask any questions or examine me before telling me it was all purely psychological. I barely managed to convince her to at least order some blood tests, as a formality. FML
Today, my dad completely disregards my mental health, insists mental disorders are just excuses for laziness in my generation, so even though I have crippling depression, at times he has no sympathy and will mercilessly bully me into “snapping out of it” and to "get a damn job already." FML
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Herbal_fml 0
What specific debilitating disease? Should have said the name. Then I could have googled it.
Chibi_fml 9
#06 - The OP said they suffer from a DISEASE, not a DISABILITY. There are numerous debilitating diseases out there that would prevent someone from going to work or school. It's very tactless of your aunt to have said something like that to you, particularly if you've been to the doctor. This situation is a hard FML, because it all depends on how the OP is acting... Still, FYL for having to deal with someone who can be so rude.
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ItsZidane 0
#20 I mean people that whine about depression to the point where they "can't" work or go to school are babies.
Kurabsence 0
I agree with that but in same cases the adaption we call depression is something that can't possibly be gotten over, sometimes it crushes people baddly
birdofparadise 16
Learn about the mental problems you think you know before you speak. That way, you don't appear as an idiot to the people who know more than you.
rttr 18
No, you are stupid. Do you even know how serious depression feels like? Have you experienced it or someone you love experience it? Have you researched it? If not SHUT THE **** UP, MORON.
ZiggyMorrison 0
1.**** slap that bitch 2.who gives a shit what they think? you know your limitations and your parents probably do to and you said nothing about them thinking your faking it so there not gonna make you do anything who gives a shit about your extended family they cant decide how to live your life
goathumpy 0
#19 FTW
Mr_Muffin 0
#20 You mean that having a mental illness that makes a person feel so bad that not only do they want to kill themselves but actually often do, is not a reason enough not to go to work or school? Especially when the illness often makes them think that they don't have any future left anyway? Have you ever had a depression? If not, and I'm assuming you're not a pyschiatrist either, then how are you qualified even to talk about the issue? Did you know that depression is actual caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain? It actually has physical symptons like the lack of energy. It is not just feeling a little cranky because your mom didn't buy you that toy. It's something that prevents you from feeling any kind of joy and making every kind of sadness much more stronger. It is very much a disabling illness.
ItsZidane 0
#24 as I said, it's just a bunch of whiny babies. they're better off killing themselves. I'm assuming you've been "depressed" or had a family member/friend "depressed" before, and now think it's your life duty to tell random people on the internet it's sewious?
birdofparadise 16
Depression is a real disease, you asshole cocksucker. I hope one day someone close to you develops it and offs themselves.
rooboy 16
You, sir, need to learn respect. Yes, there are people who suffer from some form of depression who are indeed just whiney babies. There are also a lot of people who spend the majority of their lives so severely depressed, they can hardly function. People like you just compound the problem.
Ricky23J 0
*serious
rttr 18
You should kill yourself, you asshole. how could anyone, even your mother, love you?
basketballbabee 0
Maybe OP couldn't fit the name of their disease in the post? either way, your aunt is a bitch!
katie87 0
#21: you are an IDIOT. look at #24's post. depression is not just mental it's physical too, and sometimes those who suffer from depression CAN'T get up to do something. wow, what "babies". most of the ppl who have commented here are jerks. seriously ppl, get over yourselves.
Mr_Muffin 0
Reason why I'm doing this is just because ignorance tends to piss me off. I like correcting blatantly false claims. Don't take it personally. Well, at the same time I also feel like I'm being a little helpful because what trolls says might actually affect someone who's depressed. I'd rather not have that happen.
ramdoodle45 0
i just hope that it's some disease that actually is preventing you from being normal and not you being a drama queen about something tiny that somehow technically is a disease and using it to be an attention *****. i totally feel bad for you though
mikaela33194 0
guys, the OP has a debilitating disease, it's not fair to attack the OP, he/she can't stand up for themself! bah da bum (and before anyone get's in a tizzy--I'm joking!)