RE: mental illness/neurodivergency glorification- here's my two cents.
I actually love being autistic. I feel like it's made me who I am today, and frankly, I don't know who I would be if I wasn't autistic. To cure me of it would probably amount to brainwashing.
But seeing people glorify anxiety and depression disgusts me. As someone who had depression and has Generalized Anxiety Disorder, they both suck. I"m horrified of experiencing a relapse, and my anxiety has me living in a constant state of fear. I could understand how being a little nervous or unsure of oneself could be seen as "cute", but anxiety is not "cute." If I could take a pill that would permanently remove my anxiety disorder, I would in a heartbeat.
>^owo^<RE: RE: glorifying mental illness:
I have severe generalized anxiety disorder, mild OCD, and a few specific phobias. My anxiety's so bad I've actually developed psychosis. Thankfully I'm in a much better place now with medication, CBD, and therapy, but it still affects my everyday life.
Whenever I see people going "Oh my god I'm so OCD" or make anxiety into a "cute" personality trait or anything else like that, I want to go berzerk on them. I'm not a shy little cutie who needs a hug and a confidence boost. I'm not a neat freak. I'm not doing certain little rituals to relieve my anxiety because I want to. And I'm definitely not faking it for attention. In fact, it baffles me why anyone would look at a mental illness like GAD and think "Man, I wish I had that."
And don't get me started on that "pep talk" crap. Oh, I should just take a few deep breaths? Wow, I never thought of that! I know some people are just trying to help but don't know how because they're mentally healthy, but it still never fails to piss me off when people brush off serious problems with empty positivity like that.
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying insideCongrats on coming out, Keiron! I missed it at first 'cause I just skipped to the last page.
No more Mr. Nice Guy / No more Mr. Clean / No more Mr. Nice Guy / They say, "he's sick, he's obscene!"i also don't like how people imply that everyone else needs to change and i should just be free to be depressed and anxious. that's not how life works, everyone needs to compromise
i wish i had half the bravery to talk about these things but well
Sturgeon's Law is too YMMV for page examples, so WHY is it not a YMMV trope!?First, congrats Keiron!
Second, pretty much agree with Spottedleaf's post regarding "mental illness/neurodivergency glorification" earlier - as an autistic person I'm completely fine with being autistic and wouldn't really know what I would be like if I wasn't. But for mental illness, on the other hand... as someone with depression and anxiety I can tell you firsthand those are both horrible and I can't stand seeing people trying to "glorify" them or other mental illnesses or try making them into some fun cool thing. I get what was meant but "glorifying mental illness" and "glorifying neurodivergency" can't really be compared
Edited by Zanreo on Jul 26th 2019 at 2:30:58 PM
My favorite failed console tbh

sorry, i didn't see what you'd posted.
Sturgeon's Law is too YMMV for page examples, so WHY is it not a YMMV trope!?