How ironic is it that we live in a nation that says we have the freedom to pursue happiness?

[lilithisbitter]

But turns around and denies us said freedom. When we're kids, we can't have fun, we need to shut the fuck up and go to school with kids we hate who bully us because they hate us just as much. And that's under the pretense of going to college. And when we're in college we have the dubious pleasure of being treated like children for four years, while

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[chocolate_frapp]

I've been fat and thin and thinness really isn't a guarantee for happiness either in my case because I still have a face that could fucking crack glass, I'm just healthier when I'm not fat. And I was bullied in college too. In fact the bullying I got was worse in college because there are worse drunks and I couldn't go home at the end of the day. And I've never had a career because Asperger's got me fired very quickly from every job I've ever had. And I'm glad I don't have kids except society tells me I'm a freak for not wanting them.

[lilithisbitter]

I have Ehlers Danlos so the extra weight causes my joints to randomly dislocate for no reason. It's why I'm getting my weight back down. And a Doctor in middle school had the "brilliant" idea to put me on Prozac instead of Ritalin which worked perfectly well for me.

[chocolate_frapp]

shit. hugs you

[lilithisbitter]

Thanks. The worst part actually is the years I went undiagnosed. Doctors hate not knowing why you're sick and if they don't know, you're a head case. They even pulled that for my migraines and asthma. Because apparently not breathing is in your mind. They called my asthma attacks anxiety attacks. I had to have a bad bout of pneumonia before someone caught on that I was having pneumonia on a yearly basis. And because of that I've permanently lost half of my lung function. So for the longest time my life was the world's longest episode of House.

I only learned about Ehlers Danlos thanks to Mystery Diagnosis. I learned what I thought was really cool about myself that I was hypermobile was a symptom.

So it's not a case of everyone lies. It's a case of wait, shit, that's a symptom? Damnit.

[snogged]

How To Be Perfectly Unhappy:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy