support mentally ill ppl who have breakdowns often, support mentally ill ppl who talk about how much they hate themselves, support mentally ill ppl who sometimes say or do extreme things during breakdowns, support mentally ill ppl who have mood swings and who feel like absolute hell one minute and fine the next, support mentally ill ppl who actually show signs of being mentally ill, because if that makes you uncomfortable, then don’t say you support them.
Month: August 2015
Hey so like has anyone ever had basically an anxiety attack without the anxiety part?
Like I have all the physical stuff – heart beating too hard, chest feels tight, shaking slightly, etc. – but I’m not like…upset about anything? At all? And nothing has happened that would provoke this?
Of course the weirdness of it is now *adding* an emotional anxiety component to things, joy of joys. But that definitely came second.
Yes, husband has this happen. Sometimes it’s a building thing… little anxieties, things he’s not actively worried about, but that have him on higher alert. They pile up and he starts having a panic attack over literally nothing, except it’s not really nothing, it’s just that it’s not any one thing in particular. Sometimes it’s a response to stimuli he doesn’t consciously recognize – for instance, if the door is open, it aggravates his agoraphobia. But he may not realize it is… he just passes the open door and his body starts responding to it even though he’s not actually thinking about the thing.
Nightmares end. They shouldn’t end who you are.
Sigyn, probably. (via incorrectedda)
Mental illness vs. Autism
Okay, so I’ve seen waaaaaaay too many posts lumping autistics in with mental illness groups and it’s not cool because they are completely different.
Mental illness is the equivalent of a PC with a virus. It is a working computer with its own personality that the virus has attacked and affected in its own unique way. My depression and anxiety are not a part of me and I do not like them and they change the way I think/feel/act from my ‘normal’.
Autism is the equivalent of a Mac or Linux in a world of PCs. PCs think you’re defective because you appear to be a PC with a virus but in reality you’re a WHOLE OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM with all the strengths and weaknesses of any other, that just happens to be different from the majority of computers. But being a Mac is not a problem in the same way that being a PC with a virus can be a problem.
Macs can get viruses–autistics can have mental illnesses, and people with mental illnesses can be autistic. But the two are not synonymous. We do not have the same terminology or community or anything. This doesn’t mean that it’s not okay to learn how to cope with mental illness or even be proud of it.
Some people are treated for or recover from mental illness. You cannot change being autistic. You cannot treat being autistic. You cannot recover from autism.
You cannot spend a lifetime trying to turn a Mac into a PC. You should learn how to protect and love both Macs and PCs.
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