Sorry you are having a bad day. You are meant to be there though, we all have our place in the world!
Aye, well, ah still dinnae feel ah've found ma place. Am still jist fumblin' like Scotsman efter a night oot (totally shite-faced drunk, vomitin' intae the next door neighbour's gairden)
I am not familiar with the prognosis of CP, I would assume each person is different? Will one typically lose strength with age?
Well, it's different dependin' the type uh cerebral palsy. Ah've got spastic cerbral palsy - which usually associated wi' muscle tightness and spasms. I'd assume lose uh strength is typically with age. Though, orthopedic surgery would help ma walkin', it wouldnae
"cure" the condition as such.
Sounds to me that what they are thinking is odd may have more to do with your anxiety than your CP.
Ye think so? Ah cannae tell tae be honest. But then ma older sibling always treat me like am an eejit. Talkin' doon tae me, laughin' at everythin' ah say.
Wish they would be more sensitive to your feelings.
Oh, dinnae git me started wi' that. Ill-judged, bad jokes, cruel insults. Ah've heard the lot. But then, being the youngest sibling has always been shite and hellish. Ah tell ye summit, if ma family were mair sensitive tae ma feelin's - ah would mair inclined tae actually talk tae them. As opposed tae avoidin' them like.... Morrissey does KFC*. Nae fans uh The Smiths here? Me neither. Only jokin'.
*[Ah know, that wuz a really shite joke but if ah went fur the reference ah want tae gan fur, you'd aw huv went: "Oh, that a bit harsh..." Then thing would've just gotten akward, won't they?]
People think I am a funny one too, and I do joke around all the time. I am pretty sure it is just me trying to keep things light to reduce stress. If you can keep them laughing, then there won't be room for tension, know what I mean? But it does get so that people don't want to take you seriously after that. I feel ya.
Aye, ah do that fae time tae time. Though, am no' sure why? Ah think ah git that from ma mum, y'know. Better tae be laughin' than cryin'. Though, ah've noticed ah don't do it as much. Well, no' since earlier this year when ah hud tae actually explain tae ma oldest sister how constantly repeatin' the same joke at ma expense stops bein' funny efter a while. Mind you, she didnae understand why that's the case.
Constantly bein' as apparently funny as ah um - ah know, am arrogant _ _ _
t! :bigsmile: It's does make it difficult tae talk aboot ma depression & anxiety. Especially when this type uh conversation happens tae me regularly wi' ma family:
"How ye feelin' the day?"
Me (deadpan tone uh voice) : "Depressed"
"Pfft...!! 
How, whit's wrong?"
Me (internally):
mg: :kickingmyself:
Also, doesnae help that the phrase
"Ye jist need a bit mair confidence" is repeated tae me so constantly. Ah think:
"Really? And d'ye git that? Huv they got it in Tesco?"
Like confidence is summit ah've got, which ah do. Jist no' a lot - as ye can no doubt tell. As if ye can git confidence as easily as ye can git various illegal drugs.
Which is easy as f _ _ k in Scotland - the drugs ah mean, no' the confidence.
Hope your spirits are up by the time you read this.
Kinda, but still feelin' a bit peely-wally. Ah huv watch a couple uh episodes uh ma favourite sitcom since ah last post in this thread.
