happy mental health awareness week!!!

camisado 10/3/2022 06:14 am 501

hello!! starting today, it is mental health awareness week! (this week ends on october 8th), october as a month is also ADHD awareness month, infant loss/miscarrge awareness month, down syndrome awareness month, physical therapy awareness month, and animal abvse awareness month!!

for anyone struggling with mental health, or any of the things above, share your stories!!

i've struggled with mental health my whole life, im diagnosed with ADHD, depression, anxiety, cptsd, and autism, and then im working on a diagnoses for BPD/OSDD-1B. my mental health has affected me socially, academically, emotionally and sometimes even physically! this week means a lot to me, because I want people to be aware of just how difficult it is to live with mental illness. a lot of people don't take mental health seriously and it harms me as well as many others a lot. the world isn't built for people with both physical disabilities, and mental disabilities, and it affects me daily. I have lots of trouble in school, and I've been told multiple times that I'm "lazy", or "dumb", all because I'm mentally disabled and need extra help when it comes to my school work. My life is very confusing and frustrating, especially because of my OSDD. I have lots of trouble figuring out who I am, I forget days of my life, sometimes even months of my life, I forget my friends and family, and often I wonder if I'm real or not. Many people stereotype my disorders, and make it very hard for me to get the proper care I need.

disabilities, both mentally and physically, make a lot of peoples lives hard. feel free to bring awareness to your disabilities in the comments!! and remember, it'll be okay , mental illness doesn't define you! you are not your mental illness!!