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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I can see that the haters are out in force today.  You all better hope that you never fall victim to generalized anxiety or depression or have a child diagnosed with ADHD or autism.  You're just asking for karma to kick you squarely in the ass.[/quote]

Sorry you can't handle your little snowflake.[/quote]

I'm sorry you can't come up with a better retort than that, or that you don't have anything more intelligent to say.  It is perfectly fine to say that depression or other mental illness does not give a person carte blanche to treat others badly - I 100% agree with that as someone who works very hard to keep anxiety and depression under control and has limited my contact with family members who don't.  I get that.  But to claim that these illnesses are a "cop out" implies that you believe that they are make believe, when they are very much real and, for some people, nearly impossible to manage.  For my own sanity I limit contact with some family whose issues are quite severe, but I would never suggest that they are faking their illness and I am able to maintain sympathy for them.  Can you?[/quote]

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