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Old Mar 02, 2014, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Melodic View Post
I've thought this for a while. I do tend to think teenagers who claim to have mental illness are somewhat pandering for attention, and/or just suffering from teenage angst which makes them act out. The attention is what drives these people, and it seems disrespectful to those who genuinely are suffering.
That can go two ways though, there are also a lot of teens who have their problems dismissed as normal teenage issues because people think they are just being immature and acting out for attention....when they really do have a mental illness and need help. I attempted suicide at 15 because I was always the outcast everyone picked on and I blamed myself for all my problems.
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