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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Well put. Like most things in life, these issues are not black and white. Every person and every relationship is different. You can draw boundaries to protect yourself without dismissing or insulting the very real fact of mental illness. [/quote]

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