Re: faking it- especially among young people, by this i mean teenagers and people in their twenties, but it can happen among people of ALL ages, i have observed that it has become more and more acceptable, even trendy among some, to display some types of mental iillness symptoms such as self harm and talking about eating disorders. As this acceptance occurs, in order for someone to get attention for mental health symptoms which are less than genuine through shock value, they have to up the ante. This can include faking - or claiming- things such as hearing voices, hallucinating, having paranoid thoughts, etc when they are not really experiencing these things. This attention seeking behavior can then cause doctors to question people with legitimate symptoms. This to me is really sad. It threatens the care of people who really need help, and trivializes their suffering.

*Note- I'm sure there is no way to avoid someone taking offence to this, but i wanted to say it anyway because i DO see it happen. This post is in no way directed at any member here.