same thing with depression because all over tumbler people are like my life sucks im so depressed but in reality they are absolutely fine, maybe their iphone just got taken away or they are mad at their friends, that doesn't make them depressed.
Literally so many people at school are like 'omg I'm totally depressed' so I did an entire oral assignment about anxiety and depression explaining what they actually are
One of my friends self diagnosed herself with depression, anxiety, and OCD and it gets on my nerves. I have medically proven depression I know how it feels. She sits there all day saying "I'm so depressed all the time and sad" that's not depression, with depression there's good days and you're fine but there's still the dark cloud that follows you, you aren't constantly upset you really just feel emotionless.
She says she has anxiety because she doesn't like to speak infront of others. That's a phobia. Anxiety would be she wouldn't talk to anybody new besides the people she's comfortable with not because you have stage fright.
And the exact same with the OCD. You would do the action repeatedly such as shut all doors every night, not organize pencils.
What sox said^. Also, there is a difference between knowing you are depressed and telling it to everyone you see. I could tell I was depressed, but to have it medically proven you have to seek help and that is hard. I know I should have done it but the ones who could tell I was not okay supported me, and it will be fine. Maybe I will have the courage if it will return, but going to a specialist was exactly the thing that would make everybody know there was something wrong with me. And I didn't want that.
And then there are the attention seekers... About them you are totally right.
Thank god this was posted. A friend of mine has serious OCD and people throw the term a around like it's no big deal. Same with depression and anxiety, ADD or ADHD.
My friend uses a OCD as an excuse all the time!! Yesterday she was crying because someone was sitting in 'her seat' at lunch and because she had OCD she HAD to sit there. So, we made a big deal rearranging ourselves so she could sit and she sat somewhere else to prove a point. And today she sat in an entirely different seat. Ugh drama over the stupidest things
:) here's a smile for reading this :)
Thank youuu I yelled at this girl once cause she kept telling ppl she was bipolar cause she couldn't stop crying after her boyfriend dumped her, It pissed me off cause I have an uncle who is bipolar (diagnosed by a doctor) takes medication (sometimes we need to force it) and twice we've needed police help to take him to a hospital. Ppl like these idiots are ignorant to others pain and suffering for what? Attention? It hits a personal spot in me and I don't like it
Oh man, the OCD one. A kid in my class walks in with his headphones in everyday blasting his screamo, the teacher tells him to turn it off, and to keep it on, he always says that he has to finish the song because his OCD would drive him crazy if he didnt.
Thank you very much for posting. I'm glad that some people understand that mental disorders are not something you make a Tumblr/Instagram/Facebook post about and they are most certainly not a fashion statement. Thank you, again.
omg thats so tru my friends pretend they have it but they dont and they do these do you have ocd quizes and show everybody and tell me a lot of ppl have it its like no the test is shit stop pretending you have it
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Yup. I am diagnosed with ADD (proffesionaly) and whenever someone says "oh sorry, I wasn't paying attention, it was my ADD" all I think is bitch you don't know what fucking ADD is
Well, actually, I had my ADD when I was younger in school, And it totally fucked up my grades for a long time. Since then I've mostly gotten rid of it, but it still comes back to me from time to time.
This is about how I feel when people say that they're insane…. It's a god damn mental condition, not a fucking personality trait. And bitch, I don't see a straightjacket on you.
Yes! Thank you! God, half the people at my school title themselves "insane" and it pisses me off. Laughing at seemingly nothing doesn't make you insane. Neither does saying something slightly creepy. Insanity is hearing voices. It's driving you to do things, bad things, to yourself and others. Like you said, it's scary.
This is probably going to be downvoted, but depression comes in several forms. I hate when people use it to say they're depressed about random stuff (no iPhone or whatever), but as a medical professional, there are varying degrees of depression. Just because they don't have major depression disorder or chronic depression doesn't mean they aren't depressed. Yes, terms are overused and over diagnosed, but don't just assume someone doesn't have a disorder because it's not clinically evident to you.
THANK YOU!!!! I have medically diagnosed OCD, and I'm actually a complete slob. I do, however love things to be even. I can't pick up a pen with one hand. I have to use both. If I touch something without following my internal rules, it bothers me until I fix it. I still haven't fixed the issue with the log in Yellowstone, but we're going back this summer.
OCD is fucking shit and I hate it when people claim they have it bc believe me it's no fucking fun (and before I get targeted for this, I was diagnosed by my doctor 3 years ago)
But seriously, though, what if I told you that most of these OCD people aren't seriously saying they have OCD?
She says she has anxiety because she doesn't like to speak infront of others. That's a phobia. Anxiety would be she wouldn't talk to anybody new besides the people she's comfortable with not because you have stage fright.
And the exact same with the OCD. You would do the action repeatedly such as shut all doors every night, not organize pencils.
And then there are the attention seekers... About them you are totally right.
:) here's a smile for reading this :)
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