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"Why is your room neat? Do you have OCD or something?""Ugh, my friends didn't eat lunch with me. I'm sodepressed" <-- (This one, a girl at my school actually told me.)
"She's SOO bipolar!"
"I'm such an insomniac!"
Mental Illnesses are not adjectives, and they never will be.
I hate seeing people at my school constantly use mental illnesses as adjectives. Mental illnesses are conditions that you are diagnosed with, that are not fun to live with. They are not when your boyfriend doesn't text you back or when you like things neat and tidy. They are mental handicaps that make it harder to live your daily life. Sure they could worsen the previous situations, but those situations themselves rarely ever cause mental fucking illnesses. It's getting panic attacks when your teacher puts the spotlight on you in math. It's not wanting to ever leave your bed because there isn't a point to live anymore, because life is simply "work and then die". It's hearing and seeing things that aren't really there to others, but you are convinced they're there because YOU see and hear them. It's NOT staying up late and then claiming to have insomnia. It's NOT feeling sad or bummed out and claiming to have chronic fucking depression.
(I know my stamp looks bad, but I just wanted to get the point out there.) Free to use.
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Well, depression isn't just a medical diagnoses. It's also an emotion. Saying "I am depressed" is like saying "I am sad".
It's also similar with anxiety. Saying "I am anxious" is like saying "I am worried".
This counts for every other mental disorder that can also be considered an emotion.
(If they ARE referring to the mental illness (not the emotion) without having the amount of symptoms to get diagnosed, they're in the wrong).
Now, stuff like ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Autism, or Insomnia, etc. shouldn't be adjectives for people without the specific diagnoses that they're calling themselves. I can say "I am Autistic", because I have Asperger's, by then, it's just saying the truth.
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Of course depression and anxiety ARE a medical diagnoses. They are NOT emotions. They are made based of many symptomes
Aka Depression isn't just sadness, Anxiety isn't just worries. Being worried isn't anxiety and being depressed isn't depression
I've a kind of Depression° and I'm not just sad. I'm often, yes, but I've other major symptomes
( ° by "kind of depression" I didn't mean "I kinda have a depression". I meant Kind because there're many kind of depression the most known being crippling depression, sever depression, chronic depression , etc. Maybe you already knew that but I wanted to avoid any missunderstanding. I won't tell in this comment which one I have, I don't want to share it on a stamp comment lol)
*and same for any mental ILLNESS
Emotions =/= illness
I don't know about anxiety but depression is caused in the brain by a lack of some hormones ( the reason of anti-depressants supposed to regularise these hormones which make they're not working for everyone. They didn't work on me, by example)
I must admit I don't really understand your first point. The info I gave might be out of subject. May you explain?
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I do agree with you that just being worried isn't the anxiety condition.
I also agree that just being sad isn't the depression condition.
Both of these conditions have more symptoms than just them.
I know that some people use "anxious" and "depressed" as umbrella terms for "worried" and "sadness", so I thought that there was a chance that the girl in the description didn't have malicious intents and went to defend her.
I personally don't think they are JUST emotions, I could have worded the first line of my comment a LOT better, I meant to say a part of the condition is an emotion, and could be generalized as just an emotion by someone who's uneducated (in this case the girl in the description), since it is caused by a hormone imbalance in the brain and some hormones do control emotion.
I'm not trying to be rude/distasteful. I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding, if you still have a question or want something resolved, reply to me. Have a nice day.
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oh don't worry, I didn't think you were rude or anything!
I understand better your point!
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The only thing I disagree with is "Depressed".
There's a large difference between being depressed and having depression. You don't need depression to feel depressed. That being said, the girl in your school is overreacting so much about it
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“OMGGGGGGGGGGG EM SU DEPRESS BCUZ MI FRINDS WONT SIT WIF MI WAAAAAAAAAAAAA HURR DURR1!!1!11111!1111”
People are so fucking stupid these days...
(Also, I died writing that XD)
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when people say "i am feeling depressed rn!" makes me died a little
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Depressed doesn't necessarily mean sad.. jeez.
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Its so annoying when I see people like 'this is retarted hahah xd'
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Are we allowed to use?? I actually thing this looks rlly good
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Yep, all my stamps are f2u! Thanks
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what about like?
reclaiming insults like crazy and psycho
i call myself those slurs to empower myself
would never call anyone else those slurs if they're not comfortable with them of course
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Personally, I don't agree with reclaiming certain slurs, such as crazy or psycho, simply because of others my age being like "luL I'M PSycHO hAFgHGHAHAFhF MElanIe MArtinEz ChoKers LOL" but you do you.
This stamp isn't about slurs, it's about literal terms for conditions such as schizophrenic, OCD or bipolar. People who are not bipolar calling themselves bipolar because they're moody, or calling yourself depressed because your friends didn't eat lunch with you.
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yeah i mean...
i get what the stamp is about, i can read just fine.
but i just bought up reclaiming slurs just to see what your opinion on that was.
and no.
i dont go around saying "IM INsAne XD"
sorry if this came off as harsh, i really am.
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Nah dude it's fine, don't be sorry. I just don't like it when people my age basically act like $c3n3$t3r$, minus everything that makes them scene. I'm all for reclaiming slurs, but there are some that would get abused too much.
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oh yea i see
it really gets tiring going on tumblr seeing 16 post about how they're so "depressed" when they probably just whent on webmd and searched,
"depression symptoms"
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Mental illnesses are ALSO not insults, especially when they have the illness and are shamed for it.
ie if someone said "you're autistic kill yourself" it's offensive.
AND PEOPLE DO THIS FOR TROLLING! Pretending to bully people is no laughing matter. Especially when you hack someone or track them down, it only scares them, AND PEOPLE FIND THAT FUNNY!
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It gets me mad too, people don't think it's wrong to use mental illnesses like this.
But as soon as you call a gay person a faggot, a black person a nigger, or a white person a cracker, shit goes to hell. They were actual terms used on them once, not taken very seriously.
Seriously people-
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It sucks. It's also bad when people don't take them seriously. I told my friends about my social anxiety being the reason why I always stick by their sides and I can't particularly approach people I'm not friends with. One of them blurted "Edgyyy" and another of them said "Everyone gets shy." S.A.D. isn't shyness Luckily one of my friends sort of gets it. She said I was like a little duck following her and she doesn't mind.
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Eh, it's not hurting anyone and people understand that mental illness is a serious subject. What is hurting mental illness is people who fake mental illness to get victim points, you can see plenty of people saying they have PTSD when all they're talking about is getting "triggered".
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Okay, then you can go up to a black man and call him a nigger and it all be good right?
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I never said "words don't have consequences" however if me and this black man are friends and we're close enough to make racist jokes without getting offended then it's okay, I'm not racist and easily offended and they're not racist and easily offended, context matters.
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I'm glad you see my point
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Just because it's not "hurting" anyone doesn't mean it's okay. Also, it is hurting people because they're not taking mental illness seriously. The main people that do this that I'm talking about are teenagers, and I know PLENTY of them that don't take it seriously. It hurts because people are taking a serious condition you have, that makes it harder to live your daily life, and claiming they have them because they're tidy or sad. It's quite offensive seeing people do this.
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I'm not a robot, I know that words hurt people but all I can say to that is get a thicker skin especially when you're on the internet. So let's say I'm was disabled or going through depression but still have the same views...wouldn't that prove it doesn't hurt everyone? If you want to be treated like a human then wouldn't be insulting to be constantly walking on eggshells? But it's not the reason people aren't not taking mental health seriously, how many people do you think fake mental illness, how many criminals do you think plea for insanity to get a shorter sentence!? People take advantage of that to either get sympathy or not to take responsibility and that's what's hurting people with actual mental health problems.
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I'm not talking about people on the internet, I'm talking about peers in school. I'm not trying to say it hurts everyone. I know people take advantage of faking mental illness, or criminals claiming they have insanity, and that makes people not take it seriously either. That's bad too. I don't get what you mean by walking on eggshells, could you explain further?
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By walking on eggshells I mean change how you talk or live your life so you don't offend people. I understand that people with mental illness need help but does that mean we can't use certain words because we're worried about offending someone? No, we all know that words hurt sometimes but it won't hurt anymore if we all have a thick skin, like the saying goes "actions speak louder than words" and people constantly using mental health to take no responsibility or get victim points hurts people who need help. Back to walking on eggshells, don't you think it's insulting people with mental health to treat them like glass or they're a baby? Of course! In fact that'll make them feel worse because then they'll feel like a burden.
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I'm not talking about the thickness of your skin, I'm talking about how its an incorrect usage of a word and can be offensive. I'm saying they're not adjectives, and people shouldn't treat them like they are, because that's not what they are and you're using the word incorrectly. I'm not treating mentally ill people like glass, I'm saying it's a) not a right usage of the words and b) it can be offensive to some people. It's also not as simple as growing thicker skin, because I believe that the people saying such words should also stop and use proper words that were made to express how they feel, and not conditions.
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So your entire argument is "Don't say this because it could offend!"...that is not an argument, anyone can be offended by anything! Also how far will this spiral of "offensive words" go? It'll keep going and going until no one can speak a single word outmoded fear of offending someone. You also didn't comment on how people with mental illness if people constantly watch what they say is they don't offend, that person will feel like a burden. Treat them like people, if I can make a joke about autism and an autistic person finds that funny but another autistic person doesn't...am I right or wrong? If on one side a group of autistic people find that joke funny but another group doesn't find that funny...where the line? I know that even my views can be offensive to some but that doesn't mean I won't talk about what I believe. The way you're saying things is like how people get offended by stand up comics and force them apologize, do see how damaging that is? If I can have a drink with an autistic person and we can talk openly to each other and have playful jabs at each other...then we're treating each other as equals even if I make a joke about autism. T
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I agree that the spiral of "offensive words" is getting out of hand, it's just this is legitimately making mental illness seem like it's not that serious (at least to most of the people at my school do). I understand how someone mentally ill would feel like it's a burden when people watch what they're saying, I just think people should use the proper terms. I'm not meaning to "say things like how people get offended by stand up comedians" I'm not saying get all up in there face about it. In fact, if someone does use mental illness as an adjective, you shouldn't really get up in there face about it. This is just a message saying "Try not to use mental illnesses as adjectives, because it not only waters the terms down, but it also is an incorrect use of the word".
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I use mental illness as an adjective but I understand how serious mental health is and so do many other people so does that at least show that people are aware of how serious mental health is even if they use it as an adjective? If you're so worried about people not taking mental health seriously in your school then why not suggest to a teacher to have some classes that explain everything about mental health and remember if someone uses it as an adjective don't instantly think that person doesn't understand how serious mental health is.
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It's great of you to get how serious the subject is, and I understand not everyone who uses it as an adjective thinks it's not serious (there are just some people in my school who do) and the class thing is actually a great idea. Since I only have a week left, I'll make sure to suggest it to my future teachers. Thanks for the idea
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Good. At least something was accomplished here and you can help spread awareness because sadly not everyone knows about mental health and there are people who deny the existence of mental health issues so it's better to educate them but not by screaming about offending someone but through facts.
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It is hurting the mentally ill, it's using illnesses as derogatory terms. :/
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The people faking mental illness is hurting mentally ill people because then real mentally ill people won't be taken seriously, using it as an adjective doesn't. Let's say a lot of people keep saying they have a mental illness but they are found out to be faking...what do you think will happen? They will be called fakers and they'll get worse, which is worse, constantly faking a mental illness or using mental illness as an adjective? It's like the boy who cried wolf, you lie time and time again but when you're telling the truth and you really need help then no one will believe you.
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You're getting off topic and not making any sense. Both hurt mentally ill people.
You said the adjective hurts no one. Which is incorrect.
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And how am I incorrect? How is it hurting people?
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What do you mean, how is it hurting people? How is it not?
- Calling something you dislike Autistic, makes Autistic people look dumb, when they are not.
- Calling someone OCD for being neat, makes it look like it's not a big deal to be OCD.
- Saying you're depressed when something goes wrong, makes actual depressed people look whiny when they're actually going through serious problems.
Want me to continue?
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Then answer this, are all of these people who you're trying to defend offended? I doubt that, you can use a mental illness as an adjective and still care about mental health. These people aren't snowflakes that we need to walk on eggshells so they don't break, they're people too. Mental health should be talked about but I'm not gonna watch my words when it comes to them.
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Yes, for starters myself. :/
As a diagnosed depressed person I AM offended.
If you continue to claim you care while using them as insults that proves you don't care. You wouldn't be mocking mentally ill people if you cared.
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Oh god, whatever. Just because you're offended doesn't mean everyone will find it offensive, especially people who are depressed. Sometimes jokes are needed to get through the pain and sometimes it works but saying "Adjectives about mental illness hurts mentally ill people" is an opinion hell there's plenty of people that have a mental illness but they make fun of it or live their lives without being babied. People can make jokes or use mental illness an adjective and still care about mentally I'll people, you can't assume you know a person just because you get offended.
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Except I've seen plenty of people get offended. Not to mention you aren't disabled yourself, are you? I mean it's obviously not just me either, the person who made this stamp for example??
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