Demi and Russ, you hit the nail on the head. This is the nature of our sinful, fallen world. The message is that if you're not young, beautiful, and rich that you're worthless. God forbid that anyone be "mentally ill" like I am. The thought is that "mentally ill" people are mostly responsible for their own problems and that they deserve no compassion or help.

I have run into some people that think differently but they are definitely in the minority. God said that men's hearts would grow cold and he was absolutely right.

Some day I wish that God would bring a woman into my life that would accept me as I am (though I am trying to get better) but so far that has not happened. One woman even told me that the primary reason that she didn't want to go out with me is that I suffer from depression and she felt like I could do more to control it.