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anghraine · 1 year

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Honestly, it seems more and more to me that the way some people talk about depression and anxiety is just ... wildly divorced from what it's like, especially severe depression/anxiety. In particular, there seems this sort of assumption that severe depression or anxiety is intrinsically less severe than any other mental illnesses, less disruptive, less divergent from what can reasonably be expected from human existence.

And, yeah, bullshit.

#i'm autistic and have lots of problems from it that pervade a great deal of my life!#never feel more insane than while living in fear of being Not Myself while severely depressed though #tbh #i think some people only understand severity by proximity to suicide and not by things like depersonalization and memory loss #obviously suicide is a far more urgent concern but secondary symptoms switching on and off like a light switch is terrifying #and all the 'you've just got to take responsibility!!!' seems to assume you'll actually remember what you're taking responsibility for #it's like ... oh you've got to take responsibility for this completely unpredictable and involuntary experience you can barely remember #okay! thanks! super helpful #anghraine rants #rare breed of attack unicorn #depression #anxiety #cw suicide mention

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