Living with mental illness and how it effects life and the people around you. I’m one of those people who’s had the privilege of experiencing this.
From my own personal journey, I’ve learned that either people get it or they don’t. The ones who do understand mental illness have some type of diagnosis, like me! I’m someone who lives with generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. To me, they are all kind of the same and bounce/feed off of each other, creating this “umbrella” technique. It’s taken me years to learn about each disorder and what I can do to help myself and improve my own mental health.
Even though I’m a functional adult who lives with these types of conditions, I still feel judged for it and I accept that now. I’ve learned that it’s okay to be a little bit different and I don’t need approval from anyone except me. This is a special path in my life that will always be apart of me, and for that I have to make the best of it.
I’ve spent years in the darkness and created my own broken roads, but since then I’ve learned to how to repair those cracks and move on.
I have my own personal connection with mental illness and for other people, like me, who also have the privilege to live like this. It’s a difficult road to walk down but it doesn’t have to be all that bad.
Sometimes I try to look at it as a blessing in disguise.
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