How can something so similar in one aspect be so different in another?
Everyone has different limitations and capabilities. What makes some limitations acceptable and others not? The more understood and common limitations are, they are obviously going to be judged less and often may even bring people together, due to bonding over a relatable mindset. For me, I often feel like most of my personal hurdles are scoffed at or frowned upon. Why is that just because something is less common and harder to understand, it’s wrong?
I think that we all have a right to feel how we feel, while still being aware of how our actions impact others. I’ve often heard people say, “They have had such a hard life, you can’t expect them to be able to handle that,” or, “They’ve had a pretty easy life, they’re well equipped to deal with it.” Every person is their own person. Two people can experience the same situation and react, feel, cope and function on two very different extremes. We can never assume because of what we know about someone and their life, they are stronger, weaker, or more damaged. Every person has the right to feel what they feel and set boundaries for what they feel they are capable of. A stressful situation may seem easy to us, but detrimental to another…and that’s okay.
Give people the benefit of the doubt-always.