[at-l] The prudent thing to do......

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From: Leslie Booher <lbooher at charter.net>

 Actually, it's us and FaceBook and the Methodists, if I understand your posts correctly.  <G>  a'bear
 
 
Humankind (be both)
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Yeah, but my anxiety keeps me out of church a great deal of the time. Most of my methodical friends are gleaners fron The Society of St. Andrew.

Anxiety keeps me in the woods a lot. Hurting feet have been bringing me home. Got a new thing for those. A plantar fasciitis daytime support brace. A neoprene band velcroed around the ankle with a strap that goes under right in front of the heel. It should really help me with the pain.

But yes, compared to most people, my life is very limited. I'm generally in the woods or hiding out in the house. Two or three days on a really good week, I glean. This time of year it's mostly greens, but people seem to really enjoy fresh veggies of any kind  when they can't afford to buy them theirselves. The charity that we donate to the most only spends 7% on overhead. (United Christian Ministries, Easley SC. Free food and medical clinic.)

And recently I've been told by a family member that my lack of ability to self censor is so bad that they had to give me a list of subjects I could not talk about at Christmas. I was devastated to find out that I had offended or insulted about half of the folks there at Thanksgiving. And I had no idea. I'm just going to skip the family Christmas gathering. Better one person miserable than a whole room full.

And of course, the half of society that follows Sean Hannity, Glen Beck and Ayn Rand are constantly implying that my type is just a burden on society and a waste of their tax money. If you get told you're worthless often enough, it is hard not to buy into it a little bit!

So please, if I feel a little sorry for myself every now and then, I would appreciate it if someone would cut me a little slack. One of my other friends is feeling sorry for himself and attacking everyone within email distance. At least what I'm doing only hurts me!

Moderately severe brain damage is hard to live with. And I think that it may be getting worse in the last year or so. I am having a very hard time dealing with it.

Meh