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CN: mental health, mention sui

Please watch and share this as it is incredibly important.

I, your gay admin, am bipolar myself - this the irregular postings - and would appreciate it a lot.

10 Things to NEVER SAY to Someone with Bipolar Disorder

https://youtu.be/3iWn3Pd2GJA

spoiler of the phrases for those who dont feel like opening a youtube video right now, or looking at some guy's face for over ten minutes, or cant listen to it now and will forget later, or anything else. do note that this is ten short lines and the video is over ten minutes, so there is a bunch of stuff in the video that wont be here

“Why don’t you just snap out of it?”
“Are you taking your meds?”
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
“But you act so normal”
“It must be your time of the month”
“Everyone is a little bipolar sometimes”
“Have you tried going to church’s door praying it away?”
“Happiness is just a choice”
“How could you be depressed you are so well off?”
“Have you ever thought of taking/doing this to get off all those pills?”

to me all of this kinda feels way too basic, like "you're supposed to eat with your mouth closed" level of "duh, of course". but maybe someone is not aware? posting wont do harm i guess

Also I’m delighted to see that this channel now has exactly 1312 subscribers. Thanks, everyone!

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Remember: being kind is punk as fuck

abuse, mental health, survivorship bias

"the trauma made you kind fuck that. no. i am kind because i cannot allow anyone to go trough what i did. i am soft because i choose to be."

mental health, socialization

"triggers are like allergies"

self compassion, socialization, boundaries

"disappoint other people with your no; dont disappoint yourself with a yes you'll later resent"

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"dismissing or not seeing red flags does not mean you deserved to be harmed"

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"please dont beat yourself up for not picking up on red flags sooner. you did your best at the time and ultimately its not your fault someone was treating you badly"

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"emotional flashbacks often dont have a visual component. pay attention to suddenly feeling small, powerless, helpless-- they're signs you might've been triggered and yanked into an emotional flashback"

trauma, self compassion

"forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time"

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"one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former gifted kid™ is that half assed is better than nothing"

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"what i know ; what i think others know || reality ; what others know"

socialization

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society, boundaries, socialization

"dont kneecap your sentences"