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[LucyKe]

I came across a Facebook post, basically saying people that think about and or commit suicide is weak. We allow these doctors to give us new age diagnoses & we feed into it...

[Miss_Aero]

Personally I dont think its weak. I think people just dont understand what really is going on though our heads. I hate how mental illness is such a taboo issue. No one talks about it. No one what's to help till it's too late.

[Believeinyourself123]

Throughout my life i was told to suck it up, pull it together, your on meds because you are crazy (sadly my own brother said that on to me in middle school)...and much more rude stuff. In school only my close friends knew i was in antidepressants and saw a therapist for the courts from the child abuse I endured. I still was afraid to tell anyone i would just act like life was great on the inside i was falling apart. This only got worse as I got older. I wiuld hear things like ugh sucicide that is so selfish which personally i dont agree with. I have been very close a few times but before that i was always reaching out to others for help saying its getting bad again. The stigma needs to stop! Sorry i know that was alot but it aggrivates me when people dont understand nental illness. Oh and my favorite line is oh you are choosing to feel that way. Rude people who clearly dont understand.

[hypercat54 in reply to Believeinyourself123]

Not sure it is about rudeness exactly but more fear. Many people fear what they don't understand. Others are in denial about themselves and refuse to recognise they could have mental health issues too. x

[Believeinyourself123 in reply to hypercat54]

Very true, sorry I just get aggrivated with posts that clearly people dont understand mental health.

[Shutterbug65 in reply to Believeinyourself123]

"You are choosing to feel that way" Yep I hear that a lot.

[Believeinyourself123 in reply to Shutterbug65]

Realistically yes i know a few attention seekers... but who really wants to feel sad all the time!? I know I don't but I do feel like that often.

[Stilltrying_ in reply to Believeinyourself123]

I agree. I have been told that I am choosing to be that way or that I can pull myself out of it because I managed a 5 minute "normal" phone conversation to someone else; so I must be able to do that 24/7. Managing to appear ok for 5 mins so as not to worry someone else ( my extremely elderly father) is not the same as being able to sustain that 24/7. I've been told to "take my tablets" which I equate to "stop talking about it". I've had it all said. No I don't choose to feel this way and I try very hard; I am incredibly courageous. Maybe we all ought to come up with a list on here of the most annoying things said to us when we're down or anxious?? Having said that though I do understand that it can be draining for others and so I basically very much do limit what I say to people. Of course there is the other side of the coin as it isn't easy to support a depressed or anxious person I guess.

[Srivet4]

They're wrong.

[kenster1]

I wouldn't say its a weakness absolute not more desperation to get out of a situation we feel we cant handle.thankfully usually always is a way but at times we cant see it due to illness.

[NeuronerdDoaty]

Just shows you where ignorance lives. Scroll on.

[NeuronerdDoaty]

I’ve had ideations my entire 46 years. I had two very bad head injuries as a child. Most TBI patients at least have l’appel du vide. (Jumping into the void.) My neurotransmitters love that thought. It’s always with me. I know why and I deal with it. No one who knows me would ever say I’m weak.

[LucyKe]

I almost got into a whole heated argument with this person, he then commented that “he been in way worse situations” i left a very nasty comment then logged out! How dare anybody dismiss somebody else struggles/pain like that?!? I told him he’s one of the reasons why a lotta people won’t open up because of comments like that making a person feel like they pain is nothing