[stylist] sharing

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

I'm just a perfectionist. Always have been, likely always will be, smile.
Was when sighted, still am now blind, grin.

Bridgit

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 8:30 PM
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Cc: Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [stylist] sharing

Hi Lynda, having been blind from birth, and having attended a School for the
Blind, I can tell you where a lot of that perfectionist thinking comes from.
First of all, from the time was I little I was told that I would have to
work harder than sighted people because I would have to be as good or better
than sighted folks.  We were taught that it is a sighted world and that we
would have to be better than other folks in everything we do.  For years I
have struggled with my self-worth because guess what! I am not
"super-blind".  I get lost, spill things, (not a lot but sometimes), get
lost, and have been known to need to ask for help on occasion.  Well, all
those things were things that I got in trouble for growing up.  It's very
hard to get rid of 
stuff that was taught to you as a small child.    Debby

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