What Do You Wish People Knew About Your Mental Health

I wish people such as certain friends understood me instead of misjudging and misunderstanding my pain and depression as ill intent or “playing the victim or pity me “ attitude . I have lost both my parents, a friend to suicide , a friend now has cancer, and I have a lump in one my *** now too .i feel very misunderstood and misjudged as self centered and a lot of other incorrect traumatizing words when actually im just sad at times and it comes across as the wrong impression . I love my friends and that’s all i have left in my city as my family has died . I think that’s why it hurts so much .

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

Just because I have a medical condition doesn't mean I can't function in a job if I have adequate supports and accommodations.

I also deserve to get paid as much as someone who doesn't have any medical setbacks.

I am a child of God/Yahweh.

~Sword

I wish people knew that I’m trying, even on the days when it looks like I’m not. That behind my smiles and jokes, there are silent battles I’m facing. I wish they’d understand that my mental health doesn’t always show on the outside, but it affects how I feel, how I think, and how I cope. I don’t need to be fixed—I just need understanding, patience, and genuine support.

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS I would tell them to please not judge me cruelly - because sometimes my ADHD makes me repeat certain words or mispronounce them. I don't care if they understand, I just don't want them to bully me over not understanding me.

I wish others could know the way I'm struggling and cling on new relationship or fantasy come from my abandonment wound. I long for love and care that I couldn't give it to myself yet. Even tho it's not their responsibility to deal. I wish they know I don't mean to attach, chase or control when they don't want me

I’ve come a long way from where I once was. With determination, hard work, positive support system healing can take place.

We all live with, a false face, to

Hide the true me

I never have anyone to talk about what is going on in my life and it hurts. For once, I would like someone to ask me how I’m doing and what’s going on just like I ask others. I truly don’t mind talking to other people about their life, but once in a while, it would be nice.

I wish people would understand that it’s not just a temporary feeling, depression and anxiety can linger for years. Additionally, I wish people would not go into crisis mode when you express your feelings about what’s going on internally or not just completely dismiss you when you try to get help because it’s not something that they can see like a broken bone.

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

I wish people knew that a high level of competence is my coping mechanism. I wish they knew that when I share I'm struggling, that's the highest level of vulnerability, and when they "encourage me" with all of the positive things they see in me, it just tells me that's the only version of me they value. I wish they knew that rejecting the version of me that is struggling with failure is the opposite of unconditional love and friendship. When I feel like I can't share all of me, I feel isolated and lonely.