Why Your Mental Health Diagnosis Don’t Matter.
Chances are, you or someone you know has dealt with some sort of mental illness. In some people it is very obvious- others, not so much.
Those who suffer from mental illness sometimes hide it from those they love as to not worry anyone. This tends to lead to a very confusing and stressful situation when the person comes out and states what they’ve been dealing with. In my personal experience, I hid my depression for a long time and I hid it well. My parents were confused and didn’t realize the extent of which I had been suffering- when I told them that I had been suicidal, they had no idea what to do.
Before the long list of offical diagnosis the psychiatrist in the mental hospital gave me, I was obsessed with self-diagnosing my problems. Not once did I try and find a way to help myself feel better- I was too focused on how “broken” I was.
I would spend hours upon hours taking quizzes online, such as: “Are You Depressed?” “Are You Bipolar?” “Are You Suffering From Chronic Anxiety?”
I fed off of my self-pitying until it was my only identity.
The offical diagnosis didn’t relieve my bad habits, yet only made them worse.
Now I had excuses for everything.
School? I’d have a “panic attack” and have my mom pick me up.
