Things People Dont Tell You About Having A Mental Illness :

things people don’t tell you about having a mental illness :

Crying over nothing or something so small people will laugh at you over

Physically hurting on bad days or the day after bad days because of mental breakdowns

Being told “you can’t have ______” “you have too good of a life to have _______”

Doing things because you HAVE to that some people call silly

Crying and not knowing why

Being on the verge of a breakdown and then crying over a dropped pencil

Being on the verge of a breakdown and smiling through it

Being cold (maybe it’s just me but when I’m having a bad day I get VERY cold)

Did I mention hurting?

Fantasizing about death and trying to figure out how it’s benefit others lifes

Thinking that no one likes you

Not trusting anything anyone says

Being hungry with no appetite

No even wanting to think about food

EATING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT

Touching something weird only being focused on scraping that feeling off your hands

Your teeth scraping together while eating and not being able to eat anymore

Shutting down in public due to too much noise

Preparing to die everything you have a panic attack

Panic attack for no reason

BEING EXHAUSTED TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL

people not understanding and being like “oh yeah I get (anxious/depressed/overwhelmed) sometimes too

School is hell at the end of the year

Getting sick due to being so stressed

MAKING YOURSELF SICK IS ACTUALLY LIKE A PROBLEM

feel free to add more :)

STARS ARE JUST HOLES IN THE DOME AROUND EARTH

deep talks with your friend about your insecurities with another friend <3

BE THERE FOR YOUR FRIENDS

staying home from school is one of the best and worst things for my anxiety

i’m so nosy