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- Feb 28, 2017
Honestly, I believe this is true. In general, I think all kinds of people these days tend to use the language of actual mental illness to describe any and all normal emotional issues they may experience that aren't positive. Like saying you're depressed when your gf or bf leaves you. Being sad and feeling negative is just a normal, temporary response to something bad happening to you. Same with "I have anxiety" when you experience nervousness about work assessments or don't like deadlines or something. Tbh, I think it contributes to the stigma of people with real disorders as it encourages the idea that people will and can "get over it" therefore if you can't, it's a personal failing.Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again ♪
I understand depression is a serious issue and affects a lot of people but I sometimes get the vibe that a lot of these 'tumblr-teens' are really just not able to handle the fact that they're growing up. It's not so much a crippling mental illness as it's a lack of preparation after being coddled and protected, how would you manage to make sense of suddenly having all these expectations, freedoms, and responsibilities thrust upon you if you're completely unprepared because it's always been taken care of by other people. Reality and adulthood is too much for them. Very few people maintain a consistent group of friends their whole live because as you grow you change, it's an unrealistic expectation of life stagnating at that cusp of adulthood.