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syekick-powers · 7 months

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man you know i understand why some people are pushing really hard for the idea of mental illness/disorders being as a result of stress in capitalism. i understand that a lot of depression anxiety etc is often triggered by shit ass conditions that exacerbate misery. but i really don't think we should swing all the way in the other direction of "all mental disorders are due to stress and if capitalism didnt exist depression/anxiety/etc would simply Go Away Magically" like. homie. sister. gurl. bruh. i am bipolar. i will basically always be bipolar. i will need to be medicated for my bipolar for the rest of my life because my brain swings back and forth between manic and depressed for lengths of months on end. even when i am very heavily medicated and in a relatively stress-free environment i can still tell that my brain is going back and forth between depressive/manic episodes basically constantly because certain symptoms still display even with the amount of mood stabilizers i'm taking. even if capitalism vanished tomorrow and all world governments were replaced with socialist systems and climate change was suddenly reversed and everyone on the planet lived in harmony, i would still fucking be bipolar and still have manic and depressive episodes. mental illness will never be defined by a one-size-fits-all definition. some people's mental issues are caused by stress. some people's mental issues are exacerbated to unhealthy levels by stress. some people's mental issues will continue to exist regardless of their stress level. all these things can be true at once.

#sye's babbles #like i resent the idea that saying 'this is something i'll have for the rest of my life'#is somehow ascribing my issues to some kind of soul-rotting deterministic curse #like. i can take my medication and mostly be okay. i still experience some symptoms but they're manageable #but i currently live in a relatively stress free environment and i am still experiencing depressive and manic episodes.#the symptoms are way easier to deal with because i know what treats them and how to cope with them #but if i suddenly decided 'oh my stress levels are so low i dont need my medication anymore!'#i'd be hallucinating monsters outside of every window and hiding knives in my room.#this is just a fundamental brain wiring issue just like my ADHD is #and it's not somehow fucking dehumanizing to describe it that way!!#hell it makes me feel BETTER to know this is a brain wiring issue because then it tells me im not the only one experiencing this!!#it lets me know that this is a known problem with a known solution and that im not a terrible person for my intrusive thoughts!!!#it tells me that this issue is something that i can learn to deal with eventually with the right tools!!!#if you think that describing my mental illness that way is somehow dehumanizing buddy that's a YOU problem!!#the fact that someone describing their brain as wired differently makes you see them as less human than you #is not an issue ***I*** should be expected to solve for you!!!#GIT FUCKING GOOD!!!!

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