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!!!Please read this!!!

I really wanted to post a video about this but it’s so much that I can’t fit it into my daily media limit for tumblr, which sucks.

So as well all probably know, there’s been a sharp rise in mental disorders in kids/teens (generally this generation to be honest).

Mental disorders like depression,anxiety, paranoia, eating disorders, ptsd etc. are becoming more prominent in this generation. Probably from social media, social standards, issues at home and maybe their general environment. Becuase of this, some people are starting to normalize it or romanticize and are starting to literally FAKE MENTAL DISORDERS! These people are doing this either for attention, or they think it’s cute or quirky or maybe EVEN FUN!! Which it is NOT.

Because of this, nobody is taking it seriously anymore. I’ve had friends who’ve been sent to psych wards (MULTIPLE FRIENDS) because they’ve been self harming or even tried to kill themselves. Like here’s a list:

I’ve had a friend who was bulimic and self harmed, they were caught and sent.

I’ve had a mutual friend cut themselves in their bathtub and almost BLED OUT, they were sent

I’ve had a friend who was cutting themselves, they were sent

One of my friends had a friend that literally killed themselves

Like this is ridiculous. When I tell trusted adults about this, they don’t take me seriously because they think all teens are like this and it’s just a phase and aren’t taking their issues seriously. Like it’s absolutely heart breaking. It’s to the point where some kids I know aren’t being sent to therapy or anything because their care taker doesn’t believe that this is serious. It’s all becuase of the people faking it and exploiting it for attention. If you’re one of these people, you can actually choke becuase that is so rude and ruining others chances to GET HELP!

It’s to the point where it’s influencing others to think they have a disorder becuase of how it’s being romanticized and normalized. I’ve had friends think they have something becuase they were maybe sad or anxious a few times. Like seriously.

These aren’t something to joke about or mess around with because it influences people to think they have something. It also influences people to think SELF HARM is COOL!

I had someone I knew back in 6th grade and I recently found out something terrible about them. This person literally started to encourage self harm in their peers. Like I had this one girl I was friends with and this person literally PROVIDING A KNIFE FOR MY FRIEND TO CUT THEMSELVES WITH! Telling people to self harm is absolutely DISGUSTING and if you do that, you really need to rethink your life choices and your morals. Something is really wrong with you. Now this girl started to self harm and really destroyed her body and it was not fun to watch this. It really wasn’t. Then their parents didn’t take them seriously. Like you see what I mean?? THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND!

STOP FAKING MENTAL DISORDERS

STOP ENCOURAGING BAD HABITS

STOP INFLUECING YOUNG MINDS TO THINK THESE THINGS ARE OKAY

IT’S NOT OKAY

Depression isn’t just sadness, just because you’re sad once doesn’t mean you automatically have it. Depression is an inbalance of chemicals in your brain. It’s causes sadness, suicidal thoughts (and a lot of cases), fatigue, lack of motivation, isolation, tiredness, either oversleeping or lack of sleep, and many other things because depression effects different people different ways. It can also lead to a plethera of other disorders too.

Anxiety isn’t just being nervous. It’s also about over sweating, being scared to literally leave the house. Checking your outfit again and again. Feeling like someone is judging your every move. Being over stimulated in large crowds. Panic attacks, anxiety attacks, feeling constantly over whelmed. It’s like a literal demon in your head is eating away at you. It’s terrifying. Lack of sleep because your thoughts are going a million miles an hour. Hearing every little thing and freaking out over it. It’s horrifying and it feels like your day is lasting 10 hours longer than it needs to. It’s can also trigger over things like tics (uncontrollable movements and sounds that you literally can’t stop, but this isn’t very common at all), paranoia, loss of sleep, isolation and it goes on and on.

OCD isn’t just wanting to be organized. It’s repeating the same action several times to feel SAFE. It’s living your life in a very specific way because if you don’t, you feel like something bad is going to happen. Maybe you’ll die, maybe your mom will get sick and die, maybe you’re house will burn down. You never know. They need constant reassurance. They’ll flick a light switch 8 times just to make sure it’s off. They’ll wash their face several times in a row until it feels clean enough. They’ll literally lick themselves in their house and it’s not fun or cute.

Paranoia isn’t being anxious. It’s being terrified. Needing constant reassurance of your safety. It’ll keep you from leaving the house, or even going on your phone. It’ll make you feel like someone is constantly after you or a loved one and you need to constantly check to make sure nobody is outside, or tracking you. Some people literally rip apart their room to make sure there’s no cameras or something watching them. It eats you away and consumes your daily life.

PTSD isn’t just being traumatized from something. It’s like someone’s in your head constantly reminding you of whatever traumatized you. Giving you mental images of it, making you relive it. Having constant nightmares of it. Being scared. It can also make your personality do a whole 180 on you and change you drastically. It makes you more paranoid, more cautious, more nervous. You wake up every morning with a constant reminder of what happened. It’s rips you apart as a person and mentally to the point of breakdowns.

Anorexia isn’t just avoiding eating to get slimmer or dieting a lot. It’s constantly trying to lose weight and never being satisfied. You’re constantly insecure. Even though you LITERALLY have nothing to lose, you still feel the need to lose more. You’re basically just skin and bones. You over exercise as well. When you have no nutrients in your body your hair falls out. Your nails and bones become brittle. You become weak until you eventually DIE.

Bulimia isnt something you should even fake. It destroys your body and damages your organs. It burns your esophagus from the repeated exposure to acids and well as the skin on your fingers. It makes people very insecure and can lead to gag reflex issues and shouldn’t be encouraged periodt. Don’t say “just throw your food up” to people looking to lose weight becuase in reality, you don’t lose any weight. You stay the same weight.

Self harm is NOT something that should be encouraged, especially in children/teens. Stop saying it’s okay. Stop doing it for attention. You can permanently mutilate your body. It’ll make you feel more insecure than you already where and some effects are irreversible. Don’t normalize it or romanticize it becuase the people who actually do it because they have no other way to cope aren’t being taken seriously and aren’t getting the help they need.

I can go on and on about this. Saying you have these SERIOUS issues is not okay unless you show valid signs of it or you’re professionally diagnosed. And DO NOT encourage these behaviors. Don’t normalize or romanticize it because adults will start to think it’s just a phase and people won’t get the help they need.

Stop faking it.

Stop encouraging it.

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