distinctivecoffee @ distinctivecoffee @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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You can get meds for this. If you're on them and this is where you're at, I'm sorry. But I was like you. I could function.

Then I needed meds for something else, and they stuck me on Wellbutrin, which can be perscribed to address depression or my other issue.

I came back to the doc and she asked if it had helped with my other problem. "Nope, but can I stay on?"

"Why?"

"Uh, turns out wanting to be hit by a bus isn't normal, and I had just assumed it was, and had no idea I was dealing with that constant mental hellhole until it went away."

She let me stay on the Wellbutrin.

I haven't seen these be treated 'differently' in my bubble, but I curate my bubble to be pretty inclusive. The line for me is where someone's mental illness is starting to affect other people negatively. The whole, "Your mental illness is not your fault, but it is your responsibility."

So when I see 'compulsive liar' in your list, I'm a little wary. Having compulsions isn't wrong but if you're habitually lying to other people, that's going to lead to a loss of trust. That's not ableism, it's just the only reasonable way to protect yourself when someone consistently lies to you.

I've got my own plethora of mental illnesses and I've been the bad guy in someone else's story, because I fucked up and let my mental illness become their problem, and it wasn't right of me. So I hold other people to that standard.