Your mental illness is fake

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I grew up having to kneel on studded belts and getting my head and mouth wrapped in duct tape so my stepfather didn't hear me cry. I grew up so poor that our family would regularly decide between bologna and toilet paper. I grew up sexually abused by a priest. I grew up beaten, hungry, homeless at times, and scarred.

I'm fine today. I don't have PTSD, i'm not depressed, or anything. I hear these teenagers and people my age claiming all this triggered shite. I think it's fake. I don't know if this is normal... anytime I see someone type about what triggers them or that they're depressed it always feels like a lie.

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  • mrbrownfinger6
    7 years ago

    I do not doubt that ADHD and dyslexia exist, but I do not believe it is as common as people are claiming.

    Have a look at kids with ADHD and dyslexia. Usually low class kids with little structure in their lives. The percentage of lower class kids with these is massive compared to middle and higher classes. Don't get butthurt, I'm not denying some cases exist, just not to the scale

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      I have ADHD and very very minor dyslexia. Neither of them have hindered my academic skills. I ghost write for websites and youtube skit shows.

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    • _Mehhhh_
      7 years ago

      I completely agree

      My younger brother is a genuine case of ADHD, and he does not behave like a lot of these ratbag kids, whose shitty parents blame their behaviour on "it's ADHD!"

      My brother is not badly behaved, he lacks concentration. That is what ADHD is. ADHD makes it harder for you to concentrate on work for very long, and sometimes gives bursts of manic energy. It does not make your kid go out in the street and throw things at passers by, that's just bad parenting.

      It's appalling because it's become a "boy who called wolf" situation. When genuine people like my brother come along, and someone hears he has ADHD and rolls their eyes at him, I understand fully where they get that attitude from.

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  • Livedance55
    7 years ago

    Some teens and even doctors overuse it- but many people truly do have mental illnesses. If you went through all that with no damage, you are very lucky.

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  • [Old Memory]
    7 years ago

    Mental illness happens. Schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, anxiety etc all happen. You are most likely trolling.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      not a troll. I am specifically talking about self diagnosed people on social media

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      • [Old Memory]
        7 years ago

        Why didn't you put this info(about self diagnosing ) in your original post? It is true that some people do greatly exaggerate their condition.

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  • i_was_fricasseed
    7 years ago

    As always the few ruin it for the many. Scumbags.

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