Steve I have found to be kind of rude and mean. He is someone who is apparently quite nasty towards some
people with mental illness and appears to lack empathy and compassion for them.
And yet I thought that he was someone more mature than that. I guess that I was wrong and naiive in my initial impression of him.
It's tough when you discover that someone isn't completely what or who you thought they were and you're left feeling quite hurt and disappointed. While at the same time you wish to hold no
bad feelings towards them but are apparently expected by others (aka
people you know) to feel gratitude that someone whom you liked gave you the time of day.
Yeah, that sucks.
I'm tired of
people treating me
like dirt on their shoes or a second-class citizen because some
people look down on me or lack compassion for me due to problems beyond my control and expect me to accept that and not have a problem with it.
Like, what the hell. No. I'm a bloody human being and I'm going to feel
pretty hurt- even if I don't always express it very well or considerately- if someone hurts my feelings and is actually pretty unreasonably unkind towards me.
I wish Steve well but I do feel that he was a bit
ignorant in how he treated someone suffering from mental illness.
Even if you resent someone, think they're stupid because you're
ignorant of the effects of mental illness or you just think you're incompatible, there's no need to be a jerk about it. It's important to put yourself in the other person's shoes and understand why they are acting strangely rather than being
rude (if you were) and judging them for it.
