don’t say you’re depressed if you’re just upset. don’t say you’re bipolar if you have one mood swing. don’t say you have an anxiety disorder if you have normal stress. mental health is not taken seriously because we throw out disorders like they’re adjectives describing a mood.
My 5 year old son just asked “what if we put a slice of turkey in the DVD player and it played a movie about the turkey’s whole life” and none of the parenting books I’ve read have prepared me for this question.