Man Delights Me Not

No, Nor Woman Neither

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I am. I am. I am.: Why do people look for reasons to declare that they're oppressed?

karalianne:

raprockloser:

I would give anything in the world to be rid of my birth defect and mental illness. I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how some people can make these things such integral parts of their beings.

Because they ARE integral parts of our beings.

I have ADHD. It…

“I don’t think this aspect of myself is an integral part of me, therefore NO ONE can think a similar aspect of themselves is an integral part of them!”

There’s some sound logic.

(Source: barack-yomama)

  1. common-sense-and-logic answered: I think maybe the idea is that while we don’t want to be mentally ill, we don’t want to be made to feel ashamed of it.
  2. flexicalymene answered: I’ve been going about it more the “in spite of” route, but I think that lessens me as a whole. You are right - my disability is a part of me.
  3. karalianne reblogged this from barack-yomama and added:
    I’m not saying you need to view yourself as disabled if that is uncomfortable for you. Go with what works for you,...
  4. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from barack-yomama and added:
    Really? So this revelation of yours here had NOTHING to do with the discourse that was still taking place 10 minutes...
  5. lauralot89 reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    “I don’t think this aspect of myself is an integral part of me, therefore NO ONE can think a similar aspect of...
  6. barack-yomama reblogged this from karalianne and added:
    Of course not, I totally see where you’re coming from. I wouldn’t tell you you were wrong for choosing to embrace your...
  7. adelenedawner answered: You are confused; you’re conflating at least two - probably three - different things.
  8. barack-yomama posted this