Confessions on Yik Yak | Too many people are obsessed w being mentally ill. It’s not cute & there’s actually more to ur identity than ur mental illness but if you like being defined by that- more power to you I guess?

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Too many people are obsessed w being mentally ill. It’s not cute & there’s actually more to ur identity than ur mental illness but if you like being defined by that- more power to you I guess?

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Anonymous 2d

That’s how I feel about SOME people when it comes to being LGBT. One of my best friends is a lesbian but it’s not her entire freaking identity. She acknowledges that she’s more than who she likes to sleep with and she’s a really awesome and inspiring person

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Anonymous 2d

Crazy it’s almost like people who are mentally ill… are mentally ill…

Anonymous 1d

I ain’t obsessed with being mentally ill… I’m literally just mentally ill…it’s almost like a disability is debilitating 🤔

Anonymous 1d

It sucks to because my whole life I’ve been chronically depressed and have only gotten to understand it now because I was always taught mental illness was a sin. Like to hear people be posers when it comes to mental illness is ridiculous 😭

Anonymous 1d

I don’t *like* being defined by it, but it does end up being a trait that defines you whether you like it or not. It severely affects livability and most of the time social interaction, even if you try to resist it it’ll always be there.

Anonymous 2d

I feel like people take normal stress and issues that humans have always been dealing and putting complicated names on it. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to address it and talk about it because for a long time people didn’t and it was awful. But stop going around and bragging about it. Talk to the people you trust about it but don’t wear it like a medal.

Anonymous 2d

i agree but sometimes when your mental state is that bad its all you can ever think about so it seeps into everything you do

Anonymous 1d

I mean for some of us, it is a core part of who we are because what we can and can’t do is defined by it. I have OCD that makes it to where I struggle with going out to eat or eating at other people’s houses, being near anyone with allergies, etc. I also have Schitzoaffective disorder that effects my finances, my ability to drive, and overall socialization due to hallucinations

Anonymous 1d

no because i experienced so much trauma to the point it literally changed my brain and gave me a personality disorder that i've been struggling with since my early teens and still am, but yeah! you're so bpd girlie because you're obsessed with your boyfriend and a crazy psycho who acts like all the horrible shit they've done is fine or acceptable cause they have bpd

Anonymous 1d

I don’t think this is a choice people like myself who are mentally ill actively make. That’s a big opinion to have when you’ve never experienced debilitating mental illness yourself

Anonymous 1d

Not a confession

Anonymous 1d

They can have mine. Free.

Anonymous 1d

Preachhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anonymous 2d

This who u talking too

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Anonymous 2d

We talk about our YY accounts all the time. She’s been banned just as many times as I have lmao

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Anonymous 2d

But also she doesn’t get on anymore. She stopped a few years ago

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Anonymous 2d

But I let her look at my account all the time lol

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Is she bad tho ? 🤤

Anonymous

#3 2d

Yes, extremely

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Ouuu shi 👀

Anonymous

#3 2d

Ikr

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Little penis did you hit ?

Anonymous

#3 2d

Nahhhh that’s not the littlepenis way

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Can I crack you lil penis

Anonymous

#3 2d

🫪 I mean never say never I suppose

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

I’m on to you lil Penis

Anonymous

#3 2d

Imma crack you

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Anonymous

#3 2d

Is this consensual?

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

We’ll find out lil penis

Anonymous

#3 2d

That we will #3. That we will.

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Good girl 😉

Anonymous

#3 2d

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

You like that don’t you lil penis 😏

Anonymous

#3 2d

Ngl I am quite conflicted on how to proceed

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Good girl, I like that 🐯

Anonymous

#3 2d

Wait why did #1 block me lmfao

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

I can’t see who #1 is so I think blocked too 🤣

Anonymous

#3 2d

What a goober lol

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

Ong

Anonymous

#3 2d

Now where did we leave off 😈

Anonymous

#4 2d

Ion get it

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

i think they deleted everything

Anonymous

#5 2d

Pussy

Anonymous

#6 2d

there are debilitating mental illnesses that are more than “normal stress.” and there’s still real shame around mental illness so if people feel comfortable to wear it proudly, there’s nothing wrong with that. mental illness affects a person’s entire life, their day to day experience. i’ve actually never gone a day without an OCD intrusive thought, even as a kid, and it sucks. people should be able to confidently discuss their disorders instead of hiding in shame

Anonymous

#7 2d

Bro you don’t have OCD lmao. I work in healthcare and closely with psychotherapy. In order to have actual like DSM level OCD it has to be debilitating to the point where you wouldn’t be here right now typing out all that shii because the OCD would be in the way

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Anonymous

#8 2d

i 100% agree with this. yes it’s frustrating for yall to hear about it when it’s 24/7 for months on end but imagine being the one living it. when im in a rough patch with all of my fuckass mental shit things it consumes my entire life. trust, if i could stop being mentally ill i would in a heartbeat cause it’s not fun at all

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 2d

literally what are you talking about? just rage baiting for fun, are we?

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Anonymous

#9 2d

this but people on yik yak wanna say i don’t have something like this is why people live in shame about it bruh

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Anonymous 2d

wow you’re really upset that someone you don’t know has OCD. crazy how it doesn’t affect you

Anonymous

#7 2d

U said ocd like 9 times I said it 0 u just annoying

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Anonymous 2d

why are you obsessed with me?? i have a job wbu? can’t work yet cause you’re not older than 16??

Anonymous

#7 2d

Nah I’m on break and u lame gotta let you know

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Anonymous

#3 2d

i said it once in my original comment and clearly it got your panties in a bunch. literally nothing wrong with someone saying what disorder that have. get a life

Anonymous

#7 2d

Got one it’s ur turn now

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Anonymous

#3 2d

and for what? you just rage bait for fun and that’s sad

Anonymous

#7 2d

Nah it’s not sad it’s fun

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Anonymous

#7 2d

Dumbahh 😭

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Anonymous

#3 2d

no, your life is sad if that’s how you spend what little free time you get.

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

I’m gonna put on my nuance cap here for a moment. I actually do get why some people seem to make being queer their whole personality. Particularly why young teens do this. When you’re young you want to try and find a way to define yourself as unique, special, separate from your peers. The easiest way to do this is through some immutable characteristic about yourself that only a select population shares in common. Thus, you get people defining themselves through their queerness

Anonymous

#11 1d

There’s some diversity internally even here. Not everybody who defines themselves through their queerness is a teen trying to figure out who they are and how they should relate to the world. Some people genuinely just believe their queerness to be an incredibly core part of their identity, which is fine. Even if it annoys you, it is ultimately fine for someone to end up like this. Regardless, it’s important to allow for people to express themselves, even if it’s in a manner you may find annoying

Anonymous

#11 1d

Same thing applies to people who make “mental illness” their entire personality. Still doesn’t make it right lol

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

I mean, it also doesn’t make it wrong. It’s neither right or wrong inherently to have immutable or even temporary characteristics be an essential part of your identity in and of themselves. It can be healthy or unhealthy depending on degree or *how* it informs your identity, it can also be actively harmful to others depending on how it informs your behavior, but it’s not inherently wrong. It’s typically at worst annoying or just a part of figuring out your identity

Anonymous

#11 1d

Yeah but it’s adults doing it just as much as teens. I’ll give you leeway with the teenagers but adults that do it are insufferable

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

Insufferable again ≠ wrong. It just means you don’t like them doing this

Anonymous

#11 1d

Never said it was wrong, bruv

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Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

That person isn’t me lol

Anonymous 1d

They arent me

Anonymous

#3 1d

Different person

Anonymous

#13 1d

lol cope

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

the vast majority of “people who make it their entire personality” are either queer people who recently realized they’re queer and are actively learning more about themselves & the community, or they’re just people who are just visibly queer.

Anonymous

#3 1d

mental illness can define someone’s entire life when it’s a debilitating illness that keeps them from living.

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

are you fr armchair diagnosing off a single sentence in a YY comment section 💀

Anonymous

#15 1d

Whatever helps you cope at night lil buddy

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Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

the fact you have nothing of value to say shows you just want to be a dick to mentally ill/queer people figuring themselves out lmao

Anonymous

#15 1d

I said my value in my initial comment lol

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Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

and I responded with a counter that you’re failing to respond to with anything substance lol

Anonymous

#15 1d

Yeah if you let it

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Anonymous

#15 1d

Nothing you said was substantial tho

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 1d

-2/10 ragebait

Anonymous

#6 1d

Diathesis stress model fr

Anonymous

#15 1d

All facts lil bro

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Anonymous

#14 1d

I just don’t really think about it that much I guess. I am who I am & I’ve learned to cope/manage it. It’s not the most interesting thing about me lmao

Anonymous

#8 1d

Ik what you mean, I guess everyone just copes differently & has different experiences. I just don’t like people who make it seem like some quirky thing. There are a lot of people who struggle w mental health, which is different from mental illness- but people popularizing mental illness causes a lot of self diagnoses & potential medical diagnoses bc people become convinced something is wrong w them & medication is the only solution. Few people analyze their lifestyle & thought processes enough

Anonymous

#3 1d

“She’s a brick, houuuuse” 🎶🎤

Anonymous

#17 1d

I hear you. Having SMI is really difficult but once you can manage it better you realize you are so much more as an individual than what ur experience has been & where those intrusive thoughts have led you. it’s easy to live in ur head when there’s a lot going on up there! No hate & no shame. Just try not to exclusively define ur self as someone who’s mentally ill. You have interests, disinterests, relationships you show up in, etc

Anonymous

OP 1d

Oh yeah while I do have interests and hobbies, I don’t think it’s unusual for someone with a SMI to talk about or bring it up often because it is central to our life. Mine is as managed as it can be in regards to medication and therapy so it won’t get better than it is currently, or atleast not significantly so. So if I’m dating or making a new friend, I prefer to be upfront with my limitations and why they exist

Anonymous

OP 1d

Yeah it's harder to walk without a leg but only if you let it….

Anonymous

#10 1d

At some level though, you’ve chosen that to be the story for yourself, and you’re putting a ceiling on your self image and capabilities as a person

Anonymous

#20 1d

It’s hard not to when your entire life is made complicated by mental illness, it’s a lot more complicated than you realize

Anonymous

OP 1d

do you think people who commit suicide do so because they’re “letting it get to them”? mental illness isn’t a mindset. you wouldn’t tell a blind person that they’re “letting it get to them” when they need accommodations.

Anonymous

OP 1d

So you were faking a mental illness? Yeah makes sense

Anonymous

#10 1d

I understand. I have a significant disability. I could easily define my life based on what I can’t do, how unfair it is, and keep myself in that box. Or I can focus on what is in my control, how grateful I am for what I have, and what opportunities are in front of me. Your thoughts can become your friends if you want them to be

Anonymous

#20 1d

Yeah my thoughts tell me to kms sometimes so idk about that one but okay 🤷🏻‍♂️

Anonymous

#15 1d

I’ve made an attempt on my life I know how it works lol. But I don’t go around talking about in every conversation and glorifying my “depression room”. I guess attention seeking issssss apart of a lot of mental illnesses, thanks for the reminder!

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littlepenis_never_dies 1d

u said it doesn’t make it right so it kinda implies that?

Anonymous

#15 1d

I use to call off work at least once a week. Barely ate or slept, or over ate and over slept. My mental illnesses absolutely impacted my life deeply. But a shift in the people I surrounded my self with, personal growth and different habits have helped me be more functional. Mental illness isn’t only aided with a pill. Science would tell you that but keep feeling bad for ur self lmao

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OP 1d

science tells you that many mental illnesses make you keep feeling bad about yourself. glad that you’ve grown, but your experience isnt an excuse to shit on other people for identifying with a part of them that they can’t change. glorifying it is a different topic from acceptance.

Anonymous

#15 1d

You know what’s crazy….people with other disabilities try to make more of a life for themselves, don’t want their disability to be their identity, and try to grow from their circumstances not ruminate on them. Why should it be any different for the mentally ill?

Anonymous

#15 1d

I’m not shitting on other people. There’s more to any singular person than their mental illness and making it ur entire identity is more harmful than helpful.

Anonymous

OP 1d

what does “making it your entire identity” even mean? identifying with your disability is normal and healthy for many people. identifying with it ≠ glorifying it & having learned helplessness.

Anonymous

OP 1d

you can make a life for yourself and do the best you can with your circumstances while identifying with your illness. you’re attacking the wrong people, or at least aren’t communicating your beliefs well.

Anonymous

#18 1d

a lot of people use mental illness as an excuse for their bad habits or small personality defects that they are fully capable of changing. Especially young people. But if you say that, apparently ur a bad person

Anonymous

#10 1d

I’m not saying it’s easy. Plenty of people have much harder battle to fight everyday to still show up. I’m not dismissing your struggle. I just hope you realize change is possible. You don’t have to be defined by your worst thoughts, worst moments. If you believe change is possible, which it is, and put the work towards it, you can become any version of yourself you want to be. You have agency and choice, in spite of any struggle you face

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Anonymous

#20 1d

I’m done trying to tell you what my struggle are, once you’ve been in suicide watch you’ll understand, I hope you can realize that it affects people differently and not everyone has that “strength” or the access to the help they need

Anonymous

#20 1d

Thank you

Anonymous

littlepenis_never_dies 17h

Whoa dude not cool to generalize all LGBT people like that

Anonymous

#25 17h

Right