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Something serious...
Hi, everyone. Today i want to talk about something a bit more serious... my life to be exact. If you don't like life stories, that's okay. For those of you who want to hear it, thank you! Why i am sharing this? Because i trust the people here to be nice, and sometimes you need someone to talk to. Alright, here it goes. So i was born three months early (i am now 16 yo) which caused my brain to have an internal bleeding. That left my brain permanently damaged, and now i have cerebral palsy. In short, that means the muscles in the right side of my body are too tense, so i can't move my fingers with ease. I also can't run as fast as other people. Furthermore i was diagnosed with Aspergers at the age of 7. The combination of these two... let's call them illnesses, caused me to be bullied a lot over the last couple of years. And that caused me to fall in a pretty severe depression. It took about a year before i told anyone, because i was scared of what they would think of me. (I don't know why) After that i went into therapy to help me deal with the sadness. Right now i am recovering and since i signed up for Imzy and saw how nice everyone was, i've got a lot happier :) Thank you for listening and being nice to me. I will see you around! Luke (aka Daredevil22)




Hey there! Just wanted to say that you're doing the right thing and give you a little bit of advice. I don't have the physical ailments that you do, but I do have my own set of mental issues. As I've gotten older (I'm not 41), what I've learned is that the best thing you can do is to always be taking care of your mental issues even when you're not having a rough time.
Now, this is hard to do. In fact, I suck at it, but I keep reminding myself that I need to do it. I think I may be getting better, but I don't know.
Anyway, I'm happy that you're happy here, we like having you around!
We all need somebody to talk to sometimes :) I'm so glad you feel safe to do so here! (Sidenote: anonymous posts are also okay here, if anybody ever wants to ask advice without their avatar being connected!)
Stigmas about any emotional/mental issues are a real thing! It makes sense that you were anxious to talk over them with people. But it's so awesome that you did, and that you are getting help :)
I'm so, so glad that Imzy is a welcoming place for you and that it is helping!
I agree with @Dan that even when it seems like all is going great, it is still very helpful to keep up with whatever therapy has helped you in the past. I've learned that from my own life.
I don't know if it helps, but I too have a combination of physical/mental things that have led to therapy in the past. I'm a cancer survivor so I have physical restrictions and sometimes deal with panic attacks/sadness because of that, for which therapy is helping. And I grew up with chronic tic disorder (think... like tourette's but with physical tics) and got bullied. I was thus quite insecure when growing up. So I can relate to bullying leading to depression and anxiety, too! It took me years to reverse that and feel confident again :) It's great that you're already seeing results and recovering! Like I said, I don't know if this helps you, but I hope it might.
Thank you for sharing, and I wish you continued success with recovering :)
Thank you and congrats to you to for kicking cancer's butt!!
Thank you :)
Haha, nice! That expresses it pretty much exactly :D
Thank you all for the overwhelming positive responses, now i feel even more safe to talk about things like this
Its about time we had a safe place to talk about things like this. Sometimes the web seems to bring out the worst in people, not here though!!
Thankfully not
I'm glad this is becoming a safe place :)
That's great!!
Thanks for sharing your story, Luke— it's great to know that you're recovering well!
You've got massive respect from me to come forward from this. Hope you'll continue to get better. We'll be behind you every step of the way.
Thank you so much, this is what i needed to hear...
I'm glad you got the help you needed and you found Imzy! Welcome :)
Serious stuff is definitely okay to discuss here! I'm going to wait till I'm back at my computer to reply in full :)
I think it's great that you feel safe to talk about these things here. I don't feel qualified to give you any sort of advice. But would love to listen to whatever you want to share.
Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing. :) I'm glad you're doing better. It takes a lot of strength to reach out for help and start things like therapy, and it can definitely be an ongoing process. The ability to recognize when you need help and then ask for it is a really great skill to have. Even if it feels like these things are weaknesses sometimes, the self-awareness and resiliency that you learn in dealing with this stuff can really come in handy.
It's also great that you are joining different communities and trying out different social groups. Especially if your school environment isn't that great, it can be awesome to have different social circles & events to look forward to. One thing that helped me a lot when I was younger was to get involved with different community groups, take lessons, and join clubs outside of school, whether they were weekly things, monthly things, or one-time events. Online communities are great for that too!
Yes, that's the entire reason i joined Imzy :) and luckily i switched schools so now all the bullies are gone :D
I get where you're coming from with not wanting to tell anyone. When I was about your age I had pretty bad depression, too, and didn't want to tell anyone because I thought they'd send me to an institution. I'm glad I did, though, and I'm glad you did, too. You're doing the right thing with therapy.
I'm happy you found us, and that we can bring some kindness into your life!
And i'm happy that everyone is so nice
I'm glad you're getting help and that you feel comfortable reaching out. :)
If you want to talk to people even more in depth, these are also some great community resources:
one more might be /mental_health.
Hey Daredevil, I don't have anything else to add, folks here have already said really great things. I just wanted to say thanks for taking the chance and opening up to us. 💚
Thank you for still showing your support :) btw, you can just call me Luke
I will try to remember that! Oft times I avoid using people's real names on the internet, even though I know it, because it can feel awkward to them and stuff. So if I call you daredevil please don't be offended 😜
don't worry, i don't mind either name :D
Pretty cool. As an author, I'm fascinated with different perspectives on the world and it sounds like you've lead a pretty non-standard life so far. I'm sorry if this comes off as insensitive, and I don't want to force any responses, but I would love to hear more of your story.
If you want to hear more i'll share more! I'm just happy someone is even interested in my life :) and don't worry, you don't sound insensitive to me. What part would you like to hear more about?
All of them haha. Seriously though, anything you don't mind sharing with a stranger online.
Food for thought:
Have you noticed differences between your experience of the world and those around you's experiences? For example, have you ever watched a tv show or movie and gone "pfft, what do they know? Nothing, that's what. NOTHING!!! shaking fist at screen"?
Are there major memories/events/interactions that you feel have had a major impact on you/shaped who you are now?
What kind of tastes do you have (including preferred hobbies, pastimes, and educational subjects) and how has your life influenced having them?
And just as an aside, don't let the context restrict your answers. I'm more than happy to hear about the standard parts of your life as I am about the non-standard parts :)
i just posted something about the differences in my life compared to a standard life, if you're interested