Ugh yeah like I tried to mention this earlier but it’s just exhausting that we can’t even talk about stuff that’s normalized for us because it’s super bizarre or horrible to other people. They continue to treat us like freaks.
RIGHT
it’s huge. I’ve been more honest on here than anywhere else, including most people IRL … I was worried at first it’d be “war stories,” so to speak, but the bipolar convos haven’t taken that turn, just a lot of mutual empathy and respect
The worst is when you tell someone IRL that you’re depressed/hypo/etc and they sigh like they’re all inconvenienced and disappointed
You and me both, person
Once had the nerve to complain to my girl, but not to me, that two *other* people in my house were having a private conversation about "their* mental health struggles, and she happened to be in the room
Like, lady, you weren't even a part of that conversation!