BFW - January 5th - Reflections and Letting Go

Have there been times in your life when you have been told you are abnormal, weak, wrong?  Or perhaps thought these things of yourself?
Do you think there is empowerment in understanding disease and disorder?
At the darkest of times what could others have done differently?  What could you have done differently?
Do you forgive yourself and others for mistakes in those dark times?