At university I hear things like, "I'm depressed" (said in a totally nonchalant way), "I'm so OCD", "If [something], I'm going to kill myself", jokes about being raped by an exam... that's kids for you. If I hear someone mention suicide, I take it seriously, and they nearly always say they're joking. And I'm sure I've come across people giving themselves the diagnosis of the day (bipolar, ADHD, OCD...). But there are people on campus with all of these conditions or traumatic experiences... how do they feel? I'm guessing most of them stay silent.
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