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Originally Posted by henrydavidtherobot
No need to apologize. I agree completely. Mental illness is a horrible thing to have; it shouldn't be trendy. I also think that it encourages misunderstandings about illnesses.
At my barista job, people use the term OCD to replace neurosis. It really annoys me. I have tendencies towards OCD. I convince myself that I have horrible diseases like HIV and have spent hundreds of dollars for tests that I didn't need to quell my debilitating anxiety. It's not funny or romantic.
Also, the romanticization of bi polar disorder drives me nuts. People see hypomania/mania as a creative or productive binge. I don't want my art and hard work to be attributed to nothing but my drive and personality, not a disorder that hurts me.
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I don't have OCD, but I can relate to this all too well. I've lost count of the amount of times I've convinced myself that I'm terminally ill, that I have a brain tumour or HIV (just from having something as silly as a sore throat) and had a massive panic attack.
As for mental illnesses becoming trendy, as long as it kills the stigma surrounding them then I'm not too bothered by it. I can understand why some people here find it irritating though.