I am a fierce lioness when it comes to my kiddos and there
are a few topics that I am extremely passionate if not somewhat aggressive
about when it comes to motherhood and life in general these are:
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The right of every woman to the birth of her
choosing
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The encouragement of breastfeeding but
understanding and acceptance of formula feeding
-
Vaccines (this one I don’t bring onto the blog
all that often because I know it causes so much hate and anger)
-
Finally the topic that makes me roar most
aggressively is awareness and understanding of mental, emotional and learning disabilities
and disorders.
So you can imagine how much my inner lioness roared this morning
when I saw the following:
This picture is not only ignorant but insulting to anyone
who does suffer from or has a loved one who suffers from any of the above mentioned
disabilities and/ or disorders.
Just because a disorder or illness is not physical does not
mean it doesn’t exist and just because you do not have personal experience with
it does not mean it is all bs.
There are days where I wished to the Gods that I could ‘fix’
my depression, that I wouldn’t feel the need to upset my friends and family
with my negative feelings and lack of socialization, that I wouldn’t feel the
need to hurt or starve myself, I didn’t want to feel that way I hated feeling
that way, I willed it away with every fibre of my being but until I accepted
and understood what I was going through until I found others like me and help
and understanding I could not move forward and I rely heavily on those people
to pull me through and show me the better side almost every day.
There are days when I have watched my kids suffer, days when
I have wondered how are we going to afford 2 grands worth of medication every
month (because every parent wants to see their child medicated and wants to
spend thousands on meds and appointments instead of food or other things that
are needed, right?), days when they have come home in tears from being bullied
days when they have asked me why they are like this why can’t they be normal (who
decides what is normal anyway)!!!!!
These ailments exist besides the fact that people are living
through them every day they can be picked up on brain scans and in hormone
levels, please tell me they don’t exist I dare you.
Hear me roar RAWR… vent over, sorry but not sorry if I
offended anyone.
P.S I do apologize that this post is somewhat all over the
place but this topic really upsets me and I tend to go all over the place when writing
about it.
xxx hugs
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