Re: MCS brought on by toxid mold

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Thanks for the advice FF. I understand what you're saying, but those
terms that you are telling me to drop are not my terms. They are those
terms used to discredit me, and any of my concerns that I have voiced to
nonbelievers. My using those terms was an attempt to help people see the
stigma that is placed on victims and what emotional toll it takes on
their psyche. This toll can often cripple their healing process. Their
health is often very fragile and therefore vulnerable to depression and
anxiety; often due to the lack of support and validation of their
claims. That's what I was trying to get across. I know I'm not a
hypochondriac, I know I'm not crazy. But some non-believers label
victims this way. It's easy for the healthy, strong minded attorneys or
other professionals to whom we are speaking, to not be able to understand
that these people were not feable and mentally weak prior to their
exposure. However the exposure does not just affect them physically, but
also mentally. Having these stigmas, I mentioned above, placed on them,
after they've already suffered such pain just prevents them from being
able to heal.

I do agree that if I were to be presenting this information in a court of
law or in a more public setting, I would need to exude more confidence
and appear more professional. I guess what I'm trying to say is
these "terms" and stigma have tried to take that away from us.

On 10/14/04, ff wrote:
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> Angie -
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> I think Mary gave you some good advice, and as far as the insults, you
> should have been posting a year ago when the Wrath of Mary was common.
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> Basically, we/you may sound irrational, and we need to take a hard look
> at that. If you want to prent the issue, I say drop phrases like get-a-
> piece-of-the-pie, crazy, hypochondriac, i.e. present your case in a way
> that gives credibility to what you say (I say this, realizing that I
> may be an offender as well).
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> ff
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