Bear With Me

This title can mean three different things depending on what word is emphasized.  That's one reason  written communication,  mostly emails and texts are so problematic for me.  I think it's related to Bipolar Disorder.  Because I am so often misunderstood, it can take me up to 30 minutes to compose even a short message, constantly editing: moving sentences and frequently using a Thesaurus to choose the words I need to convey my true intentions.

I have irrevocably damaged relationships and lost friends as a result.  When you speak, just as with the title of this Blip, you can communicate more clearly with intonation.  Written words can never be taken back.

I even write up what I want to say here in Notepad before I post it. I know I ramble and stick in way more info and minutia than anyone really cares about.  I'm not very succinct.  I wish I could pre-write what I'm going to say when I am engaged in social situations because I do the same thing.  I don't realize it until the person to whom I'm speaking turns away to escape; to find someone different to converse with.

It's embarrassing and that hurts my feelings - a lot.

That's why I like it here so much. No one judges me. No one shuns me.  I am accepted for who I am...just a person trying to get by the best I can from one day to the next.

Thank you for that. x

Laurie