cptsdfugue
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- Jan 1, 2024
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This is just a general rant/vent I'm wondering if anyone can relate to.
The school I used to be in and the college I'm currently in always preach mental health awareness and have posters around the entire campus saying to take a step back and relax and ground yourself and take a deep breath in and out. They even provided "mindfulness boxes" with lavender scents and a fidget toy for each class (like it's at the front of the class for you to pick up) like you're telling me that THAT'S going to prevent me from wanting to KILL MYSELF?????
I think that's a HUGE part of why I can't take DBT skills seriously. They've just been ground up and ruined in this huge "trendy" oh my GOD MINDFULNESS AFFIRMATION!!! For mild anxiety and stress trends only, of course, even if they don't state it.
The second I tell someone I'm suicidal, they immediately take it to an extreme level and treat me like a monster. Despite everyone so called preaching about mental health awareness. They all have support and I have nothing. They have no idea what it feels like to have a constant loss of identity and have your memory fragmented into itty bitty shards.
Another thing I'll add to this: when people you KNOW who have no significant mental struggle in their lives post about mental health awareness and repost their "struggles" in life. (SOMEONE POINTED OUT that this might be taken about fellow SS members- this is referring to those I know IRL who I know for a fact are not severely depressed/claim that mental health matters but look away at more severe cases, NOT SS MEMBERS!) And before you go OH! BUT EVERYONE'S ISSUES MATTER okay sure they do but I feel like at times only addressing these minor issues and treating more "major" ones with disgust is so hypocritical. And it's even worse when you KNOW they haven't been through severe childhood trauma (and don't give me that "you don't know how bad it is" shit, because that's an assumption EVERYONE HAS IT WORSE THAN YOU!!!!!) Like this one girl in particular who looked upon me with disgust when I had my BPD split and kept on disregarding my mental health and being really inconsiderate reposted a thing about mental health like okay bro????? Okay?????
Does anyone else feel this way. Being so so SO sick of mental illness, the more "severe" type being villainized while the depression from mild academic stress is treated and praised.
I really wish that one day it might be selfish to say but suicidality is not villainized in society, it is treated just like a normal health condition in society, like telling someone "oh, I have allergies" or "oh, I have asthma"
I understand why it might be of concern why someone might be severely depressed but goddamnit, if you're going to preach mental health acceptance and awareness, why don't you include people who are REALLY struggling?
The school I used to be in and the college I'm currently in always preach mental health awareness and have posters around the entire campus saying to take a step back and relax and ground yourself and take a deep breath in and out. They even provided "mindfulness boxes" with lavender scents and a fidget toy for each class (like it's at the front of the class for you to pick up) like you're telling me that THAT'S going to prevent me from wanting to KILL MYSELF?????
I think that's a HUGE part of why I can't take DBT skills seriously. They've just been ground up and ruined in this huge "trendy" oh my GOD MINDFULNESS AFFIRMATION!!! For mild anxiety and stress trends only, of course, even if they don't state it.
The second I tell someone I'm suicidal, they immediately take it to an extreme level and treat me like a monster. Despite everyone so called preaching about mental health awareness. They all have support and I have nothing. They have no idea what it feels like to have a constant loss of identity and have your memory fragmented into itty bitty shards.
Another thing I'll add to this: when people you KNOW who have no significant mental struggle in their lives post about mental health awareness and repost their "struggles" in life. (SOMEONE POINTED OUT that this might be taken about fellow SS members- this is referring to those I know IRL who I know for a fact are not severely depressed/claim that mental health matters but look away at more severe cases, NOT SS MEMBERS!) And before you go OH! BUT EVERYONE'S ISSUES MATTER okay sure they do but I feel like at times only addressing these minor issues and treating more "major" ones with disgust is so hypocritical. And it's even worse when you KNOW they haven't been through severe childhood trauma (and don't give me that "you don't know how bad it is" shit, because that's an assumption EVERYONE HAS IT WORSE THAN YOU!!!!!) Like this one girl in particular who looked upon me with disgust when I had my BPD split and kept on disregarding my mental health and being really inconsiderate reposted a thing about mental health like okay bro????? Okay?????
Does anyone else feel this way. Being so so SO sick of mental illness, the more "severe" type being villainized while the depression from mild academic stress is treated and praised.
I really wish that one day it might be selfish to say but suicidality is not villainized in society, it is treated just like a normal health condition in society, like telling someone "oh, I have allergies" or "oh, I have asthma"
I understand why it might be of concern why someone might be severely depressed but goddamnit, if you're going to preach mental health acceptance and awareness, why don't you include people who are REALLY struggling?
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