https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226522#M20447 <P>I completely understand and I feel the same to be relaxed and not have to fight is the end goal and I long to feel care free to.</P> <P>My post was just my way of getting out some frustration. A family member constantly attaches of for my illness (ocd). They tell people I'm weak and make jokes about me like I'm less of a person. I can't stand up to this person without causing a massive rift in the family and I was feeling so angry and disappointed after the last comment made regarding me being the cause my husband has been ill. Which is not true! </P> <P>I was just trying to say my mental health is not because I'm a weak person or less of a person than anyone else. I couldn't say it to her but needed to say it.</P> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:33:35 GMT ci 2016-10-21T21:33:35Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226519#M20444 <P>I have a mental health disorder it does not make me weak it does not make me defective it does not make me less of a person!</P> <P>It makes me strong it makes me a fighter!</P> <P>Today I need to look at the positives</P> Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:06:18 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226519#M20444 ci 2016-10-16T02:06:18Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226520#M20445 Good on you. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 02:11:17 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226520#M20445 GeminiGirl 2016-10-16T02:11:17Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226521#M20446 <P>Hello ci,</P> <P>Please don't take this the wrong way. I really admire your attitude. Although I think from my own experience being the being strong and a fighter has more to do with my anxiety than the world around me.</P> <P>I dream of being the laid back delicate type.</P> <P>cheers.</P> <P> </P> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:22:41 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226521#M20446 Pixie15 2016-10-21T09:22:41Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226522#M20447 <P>I completely understand and I feel the same to be relaxed and not have to fight is the end goal and I long to feel care free to.</P> <P>My post was just my way of getting out some frustration. A family member constantly attaches of for my illness (ocd). They tell people I'm weak and make jokes about me like I'm less of a person. I can't stand up to this person without causing a massive rift in the family and I was feeling so angry and disappointed after the last comment made regarding me being the cause my husband has been ill. Which is not true! </P> <P>I was just trying to say my mental health is not because I'm a weak person or less of a person than anyone else. I couldn't say it to her but needed to say it.</P> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:33:35 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/i-have-something-to-say/m-p/226522#M20447 ci 2016-10-21T21:33:35Z