A prior housemate of mine, which I’ve referenced before, solicited unwarranted mental & verbal abuse to me, in an attempt (obviously) to get me down. But recently I’ve realized, that she in fact offered me 3 current (in the last few months) examples, of the abundance of prejudice that I’ve experienced & resultantly endured within my recovery. The prejudice she solicited & still solicits to me was precisely on point for what many recoveries of brain injuries experience: loneliness. Her abuse was mental, and based on my percieved lack of comrades here in Bellingham.
Due to the grand majority’s misunderstanding of our (survivors) symptoms, sans further knowledge, some on lookers decide symptoms of ours are in fact new attributes of our person.
I’ve recently been acquiring quotes from other survivors, to offer readers greater context within my memoir. Loneliness is undoubtedly the sorrow I hear of most from fellow survivors.
So, survivors -> We are not alone in our loneliness!!
It certainly doesn’t help that this recovery takes soooo long! 10 years, solely for the 1st stage of recovery & in June, I’ll reach 8. I can totally see how it’d be o-so tempting to think: it’s been 8 years, and she still forgets things?! Sure…she’s recovering… Little does this hypothetical person know, that I’ve accomplished SO much reclamation in the last 8 years and VERY slowly but surely, I’m forgetting less & less.
Something I find particularly amusing: this former housemate of mine, who is the nurse, that has redundantly solicited prejudice to me now, in the past proclaimed that my recovery is miraculous & was the person who originally informed me of the known & documented prejudice of disabled people! I’d certainly experienced and therefore been aware of the wretched feeling it offered, but didn’t yet have a label for it. This abuse began months ago, but has continued (indirectly) via my new next door neighbor (who is a friend of hers) until the present.
Thank you Nurse, for personally offering me not 1, but 3 current examples, which round out the previous definition you gave me of prejudice & drive it home. Every story needs a pessimist dragging the optimist down!