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Originally Posted by dark_heart_x
This is what I mean by people who do this have some sort of problem, but not because they have bipolar. Something is wrong with you to fake something that causes people to discriminate against you just doesn't make sense.
Also, the same with suicide. I've never had anyone in my life who takes talking about suicide, and that includes my mother-in-law who ahs bipolar and has talked about suicide!  That whole "if you talk about it you're not serious" stigma is huge. And there should be some sort of heavy penalty if you're found out to be faking it. |
I knew someone who had claimed they had taken a bunch of pills in a suicide attempt, so naturally they were taken to the hospital. Only to find out they hadn't taken a damn thing. I know it shouldn't have, but it actually made me legitimately angry.
I don't believe at ALL that if you talk about it you're "not really serious". If someone tells me that they are I take it VERY seriously because I know what it's like. I've been there. But when I find out they're lying about it I just feel used and taken advantage of.
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