i am someone
me: i have severe depression
society: get over yourself
me: i have severe anxiety
society: you need to stop being a whimp
me: i have been diagnosed with schizophrenia
society: so...you are crazy!!
me: i have visual and auditory hallucinations
society: you see dead people too?
me: i have a mental illness
society: okay....let's just pretend they don't exist
me: i am normal
society: i love your latest pic on instagram!!
mental illness has a negative connotatoin, but honestly i wonder if we have it backwards.
This poem is about:
Our world