Anxiety: A Daily Struggle
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Last published Sun, Dec 11, 2016
Anxiety is a thing that many people struggle with on a daily basis. One of the things in this world that makes me the most angry is when people claim to have a mental illness such as anxiety, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, etc. simply for the sake of attention or because they think having a mental illness is something to be romanticized or will make them more "edgy" or "grunge". Well, tonight that has been upsetting me even more than usual so I decided to write this so that everyone out there claiming to have a mental illness just to look cool can sit down and keep their ignorant mouths shut. Those of you out there suffering from a mental illness, you are strong and brave, and you can do this!
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