PTSD is a DISABILITY. Bi-polar is a DISABILITY. Depression is a DISABILITY. There are a lot of Mental illness related DISABILITIES.

No one tells people to get out of their wheelchairs, no one tells deaf people to 'just hear' or blind people to 'just see' I'M FREAKING TIRED OF BEING INVALIDATED BY NEUROTYPICAL PEOPLE

And if I get told to 'suck it up' 'chin up' 'grow up' 'you can do it' 'don't say can't' 'have you tried XYZ' ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR I'M GOING TO SCREAM OBSCENITIES!!!

I know you can't see mine, I know it's not apparent, but it's there. And a lot of the problem comes from people these days overusing 'anxiety' to mean 'nervous' 'depression' to mean 'sad' 'manic' to mean 'hyper' 'ocd' to mean 'picky' and all of these people think they understand what we go through and they just DON'T and it just pisses me off to no end.

Like, let's say you've dealt with an anxiety episode or a depressive episode, because most people have at some point in their life, why don't you use that and gain a little compassion for people. God, people that have broken their foot at one point don't say to a person that can't walk 'oh yeah I couldn't use my foot for a whole month one time, it'll get better', do they? And if they do then I just... I hate people.

Sometimes I really hate people. And I want to hide from all these mentally healthy people that sit all day and judge me and criticize me and act like they're helping me by picking me apart and saying things that I end up questioning my own validity.

Do you even know how hard it is for us to ask for help? and you're going to give us a 'you got this!' or 'just stay strong' or worse when I get told 'suck it up' or 'grow up'. I'm asking because I've done it and I've sucked it up and I've stayed strong and I've fought and I'm tired and I can't do it anymore and I need a break, I need someone to lean on, and all you can give me is this bull.

I. Hate. "Normal". People.