Edit: I don’t mean someone that will sacrifice their life for yours, more someone who would go out of their way to rush you to the hospital or something

  • j4k3@lemmy.world
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    Zero. Become partially disabled for over a decade and you might understand. Sometimes surviving is worse than dying. You might become a different person you might not, but you will likely discover how everyone in your life is largely there in relative orbits. If you get knocked out of the stellar system, what you thought of as the planets that grounded your social world will not leave the star to chase after you no matter how much you need them to.

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      3 days ago

      Having been through a bad health situation, I understand what you mean. Not even my own parents supported me.

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        That’s terrible.
        They are the only ones that are supposed to help you.
        Also the people you consider real friends can let you down.
        In my experience it’s sometimes the ones you don’t expect that are there for you.
        You didn’t ask their help and are just close enough to vent your problems.
        Those are the good people and that gives me a sparkle of hope for the otherwise very grim world.

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          That has been my experience too. The not expected actually there for you friend. There are friends we feel close to and friends who would drop everything to come lend aid. There may be some overlap between those two groups, but don’t mistake the former for the latter.

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      Absolutely. I’m not disabled but I can say with confidence there are genuinely zero good people on this planet. Me included. People are truly only in it for themselves and will cast aside and trample anyone who gets in their way.

      Learned that first from my parents. Even if they’re related to you, they will throw you under the bus at their earliest convenience.