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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Nov 1, 2016 10:57:21 GMT -5
okay so my creative writing teacher is taking a leave of absence for her mental illness - she has depression - and so a friend of mine decided to make a card for her and have all her classes sign it well apparently someone through a hissy fit and reported what I wrote on it which was: "I hope you get better but its okay if you don't." Because like I know my creative writing teacher really well and I know depression really well and that's a concept people with it like me and her struggle with on the fact that its okay to not be okay and that its okay to be sad and in pain bc there is so much pressure put on people with mental illnesses to have them cured and fixed and so it just makes that person feel worse knowing that they want to be healthy mentally and everyone expects them to get better which is a gross mentality so I thought I'd say something to encourage the validation of the depression but not the depression itself like its okay to not be okay and anyone who doesn't understand this clearly doesn't know what its like to have depression and shouldn't be telling people how they should feel and respond to stuff no one should frankly bc that's not okay and it is okay to be not okay
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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Nov 1, 2016 11:11:56 GMT -5
Yea exactly and like they clearly don't understand depression at all ugh
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 11:50:23 GMT -5
It didnt get taken off or anything did it? I feel like that would have been probably the most important thing to read on that card. Like it would make me feel just the tiniest bit better. Depression is a very real thing and making people feel like theres something wrong with them doesn’t help. They are human too and we don't need to pretend like we understand. Its different for everyone but feeling unappreciated or like you need to be fixed never does good things.
Its not a reminder that she has something thats difficult to deal with; its a reminder that its okay and its normal if she has trouble dealing with it. Its saying that she’s a good person if she has it or not. Whoever said it wasn’t something that should be on the card is ignorant but I’m sure they don’t mean anything bad by it; they probably think they’re being comforting or something.
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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Nov 1, 2016 12:04:21 GMT -5
Exactly! And they scratched it out so I'm pissed
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 12:49:59 GMT -5
Maybe you could email her separate or something? Have some of the people who agree with you do something extra because giving more support never hurts.
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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Nov 1, 2016 14:51:32 GMT -5
True true
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