i hate mental health discourse so much because it still ends up with people like me being infantilized. mentally ill people are never really actually given a speaking position, especially not people who are mentally ill beyond depression and anxiety. people say they advocate for-

you and care about mentally ill people but when you have people who are autistic or borderline or schizophrenic the soapbox is taken away from us by people who want to speak for us, and the way people speak for us puts us in a position so much more insulting than simply calling-

us ableist slurs. so much of mental health discourse is just people bitching about ableist slurs instead of actually advocating for the improvement of the way people with mental illnesses are treated in society. You bitch and moan on here about words but won’t even think about-

the ways that mental health professionals consistently mistreat minorities. If you aren’t actually going to say anything about issues that matter under this topic just fucking shut up and let us talk for ourselves

it's all so fucking performative and so clear that nobody actually cares. but what do i know? im just a crazy silly schizo girl to these people

to be clear Im not at all trying to minimize depression and anxiety, as Im someone who suffers from both of these greatly. point is moreso that society sees mood disorders as "normal" conditions whereas things like autism,schizophrenia, and personality disorders as "weird"

public image of schizophrenia is that we're all crazy wackjobs that belong in asylums. autistic people are seen as being incapable of caring for themselves. figure its a better idea to educate the public on what these actually are instead of having stupid online infighting

there's so much to work on. society automatically sees us as a threat on the simple premise of being different despite most neurodivergent people just being really sweet. doctors see us as lesser. doctors constantly mistreat neurodivergent poc and women.

performative carelord shit doesn't just get us nowhere but actually goes backwards. you just give people more fuel to infantilize and invalidate us

this thread is obviously inspired in part by the discourse on my timeline that started between lucy and the war criminal drone builder (and everyone then joining in), which is such a perfect example of empty performative activism for mental health-

but a lot of it is just general pent up bitching because of the stupid shit people say on here

i'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you that the idea of being gay/trans being a genetic thing is a narrative that needs to be actively pushed against, as it gives cishet people more fuel to invalidate us as it just being mental illness