I'm so much stronger mentally than these people around me. "Normal" people have the option to quit extreme emotions by just leaving a situation. That's because extreme emotions for them are cause by external causes. 

We aren't allowed to quit. Why? Because our extreme emotions are triggered by external causes but are ultimately caused by our minds. We live with this constantly. "Quitting" for us usually means suicide. Sure, it gets better with therapy and age over time, but until we become "normal", there's no real quitting. 

Quitting for NTs is seen as healthy. You job causing you extreme stress and anxiety? Relationship causing you heartache? Good for you for standing up for your health and quitting! 

Quitting for us is seen as shallow and weak and wrong. "I heard so and so committed suicide last week, did she have any idea how selfish that was of her?" "Suicide is for the weak" "you don't make it into heaven if you commit suicide". These are all things I've heard my own family say. Quitting for us is essentially a non-option. 

I have no doubt that if NTs were given a bpd-type brain that they would consider quitting within a month. 

We are so fucking mentally strong and resilient. Every single one of you reading this is alive right now. You haven't quit yet. I have no doubt in my mind that our normal friends and family have quit multiple times in their lives so far and they're getting praise for it. They are the real weak ones. 

And yet, I still envy them so much. I want the luxury of being weak. 