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no no NO NO NO Fuck this I am NOT okay with this bullshit. I would do ANYTHING to be neurotypical. I would literally do ANYTHING to stop living with a constant anxiety disorder that prevents me from wanting to get to know people. I would KILL to be able to live a normal life where I wouldn’t start stuttering when I ask for something as simple as a cup of coffee without feeling like a stupid piece of shit.
Fuck you for romanticizing mental illness. Fuck you for thinking it’s something favorable. It’s not. It’s fucking terrible. I’m not proud to have extreme anxiety. I’m going through life trying to get RID of it, just as EVERY person with a mental disorder should do.
I hate you, and I hate that your ideologies are actually something that people believe. You’re a fucking asshole, you’re spreading toxic ideas, and I hope you fucking realize that being sick is NOT something to be proud of
I’m autistic and mentally ill and I’m going to be autistic and mentally ill for the rest of my life. What I’m not going to do is hate myself for the rest of my life for being autistic and mentally ill. I’m not going to do is see myself as any less interesting, less beautiful, less inherently valuable than neurotypical people. I’m going to find pride, beauty and identity in being neurodivergent and I pity everyone who spend their whole lives hating themselves for something they can’t change or control.
You can take pride in your autism all you desire. This is not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about how you have the audacity to try and romanticize being neuroatypical by saying that neurotypical people are boring. That is an irresponsible message to give to people who can actually do something about their mental illness (e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder). It truly depresses me as a future psychiatrist that people are just learning to “love their mental disorder.” That’s all wrong. You love YOURSELF and take pride in overcoming something that absolutely fucks your life over. I chose to take the path of being a medical doctor for mental disorders because it’s my goal to help them BECOME neurotypical so they can live easier and healthier lives, and people like you are going to lead them the wrong way with crap like “Neurotypicals are Boring.” Why not encourage people to have a sense of self acceptance and potential growth instead on shitting on people who were simply born without any mental issues. I understand that autism is different, but when you say that being neurotypical is boring, you’re implying that being neuroatypical is okay, and that word includes ALL mental disorders, like ones that can actually be cured, not just autism
@demondaysofawriter I am glad you see this as the toxic message that it is for mentally ill people and “nuerotypicals alike. I see many people fall into this trap and it truly is painful to watch. I don’t have any mental illnesses, but I work with adults with severe mental illnesses (e.g full-blown schizophrenia, full-blown bipolar disorder.) and, though we encourage them to be as independent as possible, many of them do not ever leave their group homes or the care of their families and often, the only time they get out is to visit the daybreak program that I work at. This is nothing to be Romanticized, or played around with. I also think that this is what leads to things like, self diagnosis, the headmates subculture and a few other things I’ve seen around. It all comes back to this special snowflake mentality, because the last thing you want to be on this site is normal, apparently.
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