Depression is laughing at a joke someone made, smiling on the outside and pretending everything is fine.
Depression isn’t always being down and sad.
1.That depression only makes you sad.
Tyler Nix
There is a myriad of other feelings and physical symptoms.
2.Schizophrenics dont always hear voices.
3.OCD is not about being tidy and clean.
It involves rescuing, intrusive thoughts, and obsessively cleaning is just one of the OCD-related compilations.
It can seriously fuck up someones life.
It really annoys me when someone calls themselves OCD because they like a clean kitchen.
4.Most people with PTSD and/or CPTSD havent been in the military or a warzone.
They can just happen randomly or in connection to things that happened far in the past.
6.Its incorrect that eating disorders are a vanity thing.
7.Not everyone with Tourette syndrome randomly yells out obscenities.
8.That autism is a condition exclusive to boys.
9.Pretty much everything about ADHD.
No, we dont need tojusttry harder.
No, were not lazy.
No, we dont need (yuk) discipline.
10.Anxiety isnt just panic attacks and being afraid of everything to the point of not leaving the house.
It seems like anxiety isnt taken seriously unless someone is hyperventilating and sobbing and shaking.
But because I seem outgoing and calm, no one ever believes me when I talk about my anxiety.
11.That people with schizophrenia are all dangerous and violent.
12.Its not true that people with bipolar switch moods on the dot.
13.you’re free to tell if a person is depressed by looking at them.
No, you cant.
Depression doesnt have a face.
Depression is laughing at a joke someone made, smiling on the outside and pretending everything is fine.
Depression isnt always being down and sad.
Ive suffered depression most of my life.
On the outside, nothing is wrong.
On the inside, theres a fucking war zone with debris and shrapnel flying everywhere with nowhere to hide.
14.Anxiety attacks arent always heavy breathing and rocking back and forth.
Sometimes its randomly getting snappy and agitated at small things.
And sometimes its jolting awake in the middle of the night because theres something pressure in your chest.
15.ADHD isnt being fidgety and uncontrollable.
ADHD is staring at an assignment for hours and never processing what it means.
ADHD isnt a quirky, funny thing.
16.That all people with depression are ALWAYS suicidal.
I have extreme depression, but I dont always feel suicidal.
I normally just want to lie down, with a good movie, book, or just to sleep.
17.That everyone is a little bipolar.
Fuck off, you were sad and happy in the same day.
18.That only skinny girls can have eating disorders.
Or that men cant have them!
19.I hate that people think addicts are weak-willed.
They develop a chemical dependency.
They (both mentally and physically) feel worse without it.
20.That self-harming is done to just get attention.
What a load of shit.
Those who have self-harmed will hide their cuts and scars.
21.That people with Borderline Personality Disorder are crazy drama queens that only care about themselves.
There are different kinds of BPD.
Some of us are introverted and instead of taking up space, we give it all away.
Were all miserable but not always toxic.
22.People with antisocial personality disorder are actually social, talkative, form friendships and relationships, etc.
Most of the time they are not antisocial at all.
24.People think that borderline personality disorder makes people evil and theres nothing to be done about it.
People with BPD arent monsters.
25.Alzheimers is not just slowly and passively forgetting things.
26.The assumption that PMDD isnt real because most of us have a little PMS makes me want to scream.
PMDD is a hell Id wish only on my worst enemy.
I WISH it was just a bad bout of PMS.
27.Addicts are lazy, selfish, dont care about anyone but themselves, and choose to drink and use.
I didnt know when I was 17 that experimenting with drugs would destroy my life.
Certainly, an illness that needs treatment.
28.PTSD/CPTSD victims from sexual assault/childhood molestation dont always become asexual and completely turned off from sexuality.
Thank god I moved to a really progressive city.
Im not weak, lazy, or looking for attention.
30.That youre condemned to a life of misery.
This goes for a lot of mental illness.
Just because life is going to be harder, doesnt mean it will only be full of unhappiness.
