Normalize Not Wanting A Professional Diagnosis, Especially For Stigmatized Disorders.

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Your exhaustion is not shameful. It is not a moral failure to be physically, mentally or emotionally tired. It is okay to be overwhelmed. You're not inferior to anyone just because it's hard for you to keep up with a fast-paced life.

gentle reminders in case you need it:

it’s ok to start “late”

drink water if you haven’t for hours

it’s ok if u need more time than other people

it’s ok to feel what you’re feeling

you have a cute smile

you make people happy

you have plenty of good traits

you are loved

you deserve all the good things

it’s ok if you relapse, it doesn’t make u weak

bad days are just temporary

tomorrow is a new day

you can heal again

I’m proud of you

i want people to know, people with mental health disorders and not alike, that someone can have a mental illness and be aware of their mental illness.

idk why so many people dismiss the voices of people or activists who have mental disorders because they're able to (at least for the most part) understand their symptoms and live with it.

and vise versa, getting upset at people who are unaware of their symptoms and/or detached from reality because of them, expecting them to do better when they obviously can't or don't know how.

ultimately we're just sick of seeing ableism with mental illnesses that are always either "yOuR fAkINg lOl" or "you need to literally be locked away and sedated". and said ableism effecting how people with mental health disorders are treated and how they treat themselves.

if someone is saying your faking, you aren't. faking is a consious effort and your needs matter just as much as the extreme cases.

if they say you're "crazy" or "broken", you aren't. you just need extra love and care. you are hurting and it's okay to hurt and need help, there's nothing wrong with you to need that.

-🦷 & ❄️