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un-romanticizing mental illness.
What's something that people judge mentally ill people for all the time despite "understanding mental illness and health"?
I feel like people judged way too harshly when people relapse or fall back into bad coping skills, especially if they been dealing with them for a long time.
Being hypersexual as a trauma response
People are always so quick to judge and demonize* others for being "promiscuous" and constantly being sexual with others, especially unsafely, maybe even the ones who end up in sex work, without having an ounce of empathy as to why
One that was really common was girls who were "sluts" in highschool or were alw...... 1 reply
its called being "emotionally immature" because they are too unsympathetic, they don't care about anyone but themselves. Their life are also sometimes so good that they cant comprehend of someone struggling more awful than them or they just cant simply comprehend that there are levels to how bad mental health can get
- Saying this as someone whos ...... reply
depression. it’s the second most common mental illness (i think — that’s what my classes taught me) yet people understand it so poorly.
saw this tweet of a person that decided to clean their bedsheets after months, showing a pictures of stains of drinks, blood, food crumbs, etc. and people acted so disgusted.
like, don’t they know depre...... 2 reply
As someone with bipolar disorder, almost everyone asks me 'Why? What happened?' when I enter a depressive phase. 'You were feeling better 2 weeks ago.' Well yes, Susan, no shit, I was manic.
Just because I don't have manic phases were I try to fight a bear, people don't seam to understand or care that I am not in a "normal" state and that nothing...... reply
One thing that bugs me a lot is when I see people romanticizing sh scars, like, I remember when some people thought it was a “trend” to self harm and did it because of that, and I see people put sh scars on Roblox avatars and it bugs the hell out of me. And it’s not really a romanticization but I literally saw a video on TikTok with a slidesh...... reply
1) Calling feelings of suicide selfish or cowardly.
2) Telling someone with mental health issues that they should be grateful because others have it worse.
3)Judging people with mental health issues by calling them "attention seaking" or claiming they are "wanting attention".
4)Telling a person that you will always be there for them, and they c...... 2 reply
Not really a mental illness, but I've noticed a lot of autism activism focuses on the most high functioning people imaginable. Obviously these people also need support and are also discriminated against, but when RFK Jr. is talking about how autism is ruining people's lives, he isn't talking about that eight year old who knows a lot of trains, but ...... reply
psych student here and what i have noticed is that people don't believe that stress can affect your mind and your body. some people thought that stressing over something is a normal thing and it won't affect you, but it will. that's why if you're stressing about something it would be better if you stop it or take breaks so you won't overwhelm yours...... reply
