there is a very real tendency of teenagers with anxiety disorders self diagnosing with considerably more stigmatized and impairing mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, DID, personality disorders), but the best response to that isn’t to get angry with them for “appropriating” lol. instead you show them coping resources for the problems they’re actually having and deemphasize diagnostic categories in general. if an 18 year old is claiming to have alzheimer’s, they’re probably making an innocent mistake and are in genuine distress. be kind.
Also I think this trend comes, at least in part, from how brushed aside anxiety disorders can be. If your parents and teachers dismiss you with ‘oh everyone feels anxious’, then inevitably you’re going to start thinking that there must be something else going on with you
man, I have very little sympathy for people who’re like “I gotta let them play in traffic, my cat WAILS and acts MISERABLE unless I let them outside!”
because like……….so does mine? at a certain point each day Grim decides she wants out, and until that happens she a) follows me about SCREAMING, and b) sits atop whatever I’m doing and bites my hands. this is not an exageration
wanna know what I do? I take her out. either supervised in my backyard or on leash in the front
she naps in the sunlight, eats copious amounts of grass, rolls in dirt, and murders butterflies. after 15-30 minutes (equivalent to the time you’d spend on a neighbourhood dog walk) I take Grim back in, and she happily sleeps/plays/cuddles indoors for the remainder of the day
it’s legitimately low-effort
Outdoor cat owners: but my cat whines when I don’t let them outside
Rational people: so why don’t you just watch them to make sure they’re not going to get hurt
ok can we agree that the WORST feeling is when you’re just sitting around consciously procrastinating and you’re just overly aware that each second that passes is more time wasted and you like watch hours pass and you’re STILL procrastinating and you CANT STOP and your panicked brain is trapped inside a body that refuses to be productive and inside you’re screaming but outwardly you’re just eating chips
you don’t need some crazy diet or workout regime to be a healthy and beautiful human. you need balance and consistency and to take care of yourself in all ways, including your mind, body and soul.
hi so for those of you who don’t watch riverdale, archie found out that he wouldn’t be able to graduate (he missed a lot of his junior year because he was hiding in the canadian wilderness getting attacked by bears and left the sats to go try and kill his girlfriend’s dad) but they were like “yeah you can still walk with your friends across the stage. btw can you perform a song for everyone” and so archie sings good riddance (time of your life) by green day while all of his friends graduate for real. and then they give him an folder with no certificate in it and they make sure to zoom in and see that it’s empty and it’s at this moment that archie hallucinates seeing dead world war two veterans in the crowd and this prompts him to join the military. this is the best show ever made.
