This was supposed to be a rant, but I figured it would be better if it became a thread so more voices could be heard.
@Discussions this is an important conversation to be had.
trigger warning: mentions of mental disorders, self harm, and suicide
If you get nervous from time to time, you do not have anxiety.
If you want everything to be clean and neat, you do not have OCD.
If you feel sad one time, you do not have depression.
If you make fun of someone for cutting or attempting, you are human scum and I don’t know how you look at yourself in the mirror everyday without getting disgusted.
Don’t jokingly say “I want to die so badly.”
People are going through that, and it’s not only disrespectful as hell to say sh-t like that without meaning it, but harms people who are already having thoughts like this.
As someone who actually has bipolar disorder and PTSD, but never talks about it because I’ve never felt the need to, it annoys me when people find it “quirky” or “romantic”.
This isn’t quirky; this is a real life problem so many people are going through. About time you get your head out of your -ss and realize that.
-b - h - a - v <3
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If you ever need to talk about PTSD, I can try and help.
PTSD with DID is hard to manage
Some days I wonder why my partner is still with me.
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Not sure. I was never formally diagnosed
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I have bipolar and PTSD. I try to seem cheerful at times but I always feel like I’m masking my true emotions on here
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Oh man. I might have depression…minor depression.
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You don’t need to hide who you are. For a while I was worried that people on here wouldn’t accept me and my alters but people here are really excpting
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You’re partly right but people would be truly concerned if I acted like myself on here 
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I know that autism isn’t a mental illness, but sometimes it feels like it
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Mental health issues suck.
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I think it can be, because (for me) it affects my anxiety as well
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Yeah, exactly. I feel like everyone only pretends to like me because they pity me. They don’t like my stims.
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sometimes I feel like I have no one. like my life is empty.
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Yep…is paranoia common with anxiety?
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I’m pretty sure paranoia can come from anxiety
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Not sure. I think it might be my bipolar disorder that causes paranoia 
Which is yet to be checked up on. Not having mental health support sucks too.
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