Something happened today that I have
been reassured has happened millions of times before and will happen
millions of times again. I had my feelings hurt by someone I cared
about who it turns out wasn't who he said he was. I have nicknamed
him 'The Worm'.
I met him on line.... STUPID I now
know, but with me being almost bed bound and it being an ME forum, there to support each other and
get each other through the good times and the bad. You share things
on the internet that you never think someone who is supposedly in the
same position wouldn't ever use against you and when they show
themselves for who they are really – or in my case, they get caught
out in their own web of lies- then you feel betrayed, and for someone
in a vulnerable position, such as having a disability or invisible
illness, it hurts more I am positive than it would normally.
The moral of the story is, yes we are
vulnerable people, but we are strong, we are fighters and together we
can take on the world. But one or two are always get separated from
the herd and get caught in someones web of lies. But the moral is,
the rest of the herd are there to get you out of the web and back in
amongst the group so deep that you feel safer than you have ever
before.
Its early days, i'm sure it will be
ups and downs whilst new people learn of what has happened and try
and open the closing wounds with the same questions. But I know I am
part of a group that is bigger than just one person, we are a group
of people so large that there will always be someone to help pick you
up, or 4 or 7 or even in the end 11.
So thank you to that person who tried
to break me down today, thank you for trying, but bad luck, I am
stronger than you think I am and I will move on from this and I know
I have a fantastic group of friends there around me when I need them
most as any body with a support system, on a support forum etc will
have. So I encourage you to join one, because you will quickly find
that you have a bigger family than you realised.
Just as always with the internet, Be
careful. Learn from others mistakes, heck learn from mine...
My thanks go to my FoggyFriends.org
crew, to name you all would take up more than my dissertation word
count, but my utter and true thanks to you all anyway, and Neil the Music Man... awesome as always. And to 'The
Worm'.... nice bloody try Irish.
This poster works for my situation, but also for everyone else as well, we can break down temporarily, BUT we always pick ourselves back up and become stronger and learn from it!!
