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Mental Illness Impacts Us All
Stigma & society

So much of society still continues to shame and ignore those with mental illness because they view it as an excuse to get out of things or anything at all. As well as their commonly used phrases they use with those they know: friends and family.
It's all in your head. Your life is great, what's to be depressed about? Snap out of it. Be positive. And many others too.

To the rest of society, you've got it all wrong. You may not have experienced any kind of mental illness on a level us mentally ill people do, but its important think of others.
To put yourself in their shoes or ask what it's like for them, how their mental illness impacts them to help. It is not wrong to do so. It just like showing others that you care about them and show an interest in their lives and not just your own.

Hello Happiers! I'd like to explain that I've been wanting to share with you all that I haven't yet shared yet since the beginning of the realization back throughout my past years of my life. Which came to me at least 4+ days ago; when I learned and discovered that after all those moments my parents treated me (for example, speaking in language that takes away my self worth, and other things) lead me to having real mental health issues. And by that I don't just mean for depression, but anxiety and maybe may be enough symptoms or signs for PTSD, but am unsure if this is an accurate belief or thought.

Many things my parents have spoken to me (that has been causing me mental health issues, from emotional abuse/trauma), I fear so much. Whenever I listen to music with my headphones on and my parents are home on a school night, I find myself pausing the music more than enough times to hear if they are coming upstairs. I fear them like anyone fearing the monster under your bed, a villain or something. I have also for a few years after how my parents have treated me, lead me to prefer to stay single for the rest of my life because I fear that when I do go out on a first date, they will find their own ways to ruin the moments.

For example, I feared that they would eventually not long after returning home from the date, mentally beating me up after all the numerous (50+) they have other times. How is this? Well I'm just used to being mentally beat up by my parents and am unsure if these issues are really something to look more into with my doctor, to help by going into therapy with the family to fix/improve. These two examples, there are many other different situations that I believe are mental health issues that I've also come here to state is affecting my mood and my day.

I found myself wanting to not think about this after it first came to me, the day of the MMVA's but that didn't happen. I thought about it some point that day and didn't feel much like myself, couldn't talk too much (even though I've been taking 1 pill of the Concerta) and felt so calm at the event, that I coudnt' really express or show any energetic emotion like my best friend showed. I wasn't really at all able to feel and be happy, I just felt really calm but against scarred by what had come to awareness to me a few days ago from Sunday.

Since this new news, I've come to feeling more scared than ever and when I do find myself going out on a date, I fear and am scared of letting my guard down. Because of how my parents have treated me, through many of those moments, I chose to keep my guard up and other times, I chose to raise my guard even higher. And because of that, I am fearing that I will really struggle to let my guard down when that day comes to meet someone special and go out on a first date... what are your thoughts, insights, knowledge, education, advice, tips on all this?

Mental illness is a lot of things and it's not what the rest of society thinks it is. Living with mental illness isn't something anyone would ever think of. But when you find yourself one of these people, the mental health community is great for support, guidance and so much else. Just make sure you don't talk about anything mental health related to anyone you don't feel comfortable with.

But mental illness is part of our society and our reality, we all have to come to acceptance of. Though all those citizens of society who express or show signs of the stigma and discrimination makes it really hard to fight against. To choose to speak openly about your mental health and your mental illnesses. That also includes addiction too!