Competitive mental health
I have clinical depression, general anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD.
And I know that mental health/illness tends to be competitive it always have been that way for me as well, but I am struggling at the moment and for a while when people bring up their experience (and I never say anything cause of course I know they are trying to be nice) but it makes me feel like I’m not bad enough and I can / need to get worse.
and when people say oh so and so was about to jump off a bridge it was so serious or talk about “serious” mental illness like bipolar makes me feel like they are taking a dig out of me even though I kinda know they aren’t it triggers me stupidly and makes me wanna do something to make people see me.
i have od’ed before but it didn’t work and i didn’t even get sick so i think people don’t take me seriously. Pls help
The competitive stuff is just so worthless. Your illness is your own and if you are in pain then it is enough. It doesn't need to be compared to anyone else's. There is no one part of this that is "worse" than anyone else's.
It sounds like you are in lots of pain at the moment. What kinds of things are you doing to care for yourself?@amiableHuman8130