king lazarus

avoidcats:

I’m really over tumblr’s whole “depression and anxiety are lesser mental illnesses” type thing because hey, guess what! depression and anxiety, even when they’re non psychotic, even when they’re “mild” whatever the fuck that means, are still mental illnesses. and by making people feel like MDD/GAD aren’t “severe” is fucking cruel. you’re taking kids, neurodivergent kids who probably rely on sites like tumblr to make/maintain friendships, and telling them that they don’t deserve help, resources, posts about them, etc because it’s “only depression” or “only anxiety”.

yes we need to destigmatize personality disorders and psychotic disorders (and for transparency’s sake, I have a personality disorder) and yes we need more resources for both, especially for psychosis imho but can we not shit on vulnerable people while we do so? thanks.