Mental illness rant

Katie here. Lately, I've been ranting about these issues that need to change....

Just like rape culture and victim blaming needs to go buh-bye! The stigma of mental illness does too... If the media is gonna portray it.... Get it right!!! We aren't monsters!!!! Ha - the rant before my rant.

Without further ado.

It's also NOT funny, no laughing matter, no lets-make-jokes at it. Even with me having a mental illness, I shouldn't make fun of myself either. One it teaches others how to treat me and makes me think lower of myself. Makes me mad that they just made a comedy movie about a woman who has borderline personality disorder. I forgot what the title is or what it's about... But it's not a laughing matter. Besides the point one person WITH bpd is not the same as another. Same with any illness, same with every human being!!! Me on the spectrum from 10 years ago to now, very different places. Do I still have the same diagnosis? Yes. Am I still the same person? Yes. Things change. It depends on where you are at in life. And let me tell you I've known better, more kind and HEALTHY people that openly admit and get help for mental health issues and I know people with no known mental illness who are mean and just unhealthy people...

The world has so much to learn about this stuff.

I'm not ashamed of my diagnosis - it's just that!!!

Ending the stigma one step at a time!

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