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Originally Posted by eskielover
Just thinking about those of us expecting others to educate themselves about depression /anxiety that we experience.
Just because I am involved with foaling mares & the experiences I go through with that, does it mean that I should expect everyone around me to educate themselves about it?
Seriously, I educate myself mostly about things that effect my life personally, then I educate myself about things I am interested in. Other things I may not make accurate assumptions about if someone draws me into a conversation about something I don't know about. Most times life is so filled with things I have to do that educating myself on the million other things out there in the world isn't even possible. Does that mean I don't have an opinion (everyone is entitled to have their own opinion) even if it doesn't agree with ours.
I think those of us who struggle with mental illness need to be as understanding of others as we expect them to be about us
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I see where you're coming from, I know we can't expect people to always understand what those with mental illness are going through. I think the thing people with mental illness get annoyed with the most is when people act like there's no such thing as mental illness or that you can easily get over it yourself, there are some who truly believe without a shadow of a doubt that if you're depressed then that is 100 percent on you and no one else but you and that is completely your fault that you feel that way which is why those with depression feel like they have to hide how they feel.