u guys want mental illness to be this aesthetic, invisible quirk so bad. at rock bottom, mental illness IS ugly. a person experiencing a severe psychological breakdown does not have the cognitive or physical energy to maintain a "normal" appearance, holy hell
"your trauma made u stronger". no, my trauma made me traumatized. it made me weak, it gave me memory loss, and it gave me feelings i've never wanted. i made myself stronger by dragging myself out of a dark place and dealing with consequences that weren’t my fault.
being undiagnosed while knowing there is something wrong with you but you cant say 'oh yeah im autistic' 'yeah i have depression' because then youre a self-diagnosing attention seeker who uses buzzwords is a different kind of pain