i hate that mental disorders have turned into a competition. you can’t discuss eating habits without someone saying how they survived off green tea for 3 weeks and weighed 4 stone. you can’t discus your depression because another person has already tried to commit suicide 8 times and they’re only 12. you can’t discus self harm because you punch your leg until it turns purple whilst they slice their arm to the bone. you can’t talk about addiction because someone else will talk about facing their crack addiction for 18 years. every god damn time you even come close to reaching out you know there’s no point because in other people’s eyes you’re never sick enough. there’s always someone worse off. that’s the problem with attitudes to mental health. this “oh suck it up you’re not as bad as me/them” HAS TO STOP. you have no idea how much a problem affects a person because, okay i might seem like nothing to you but yo them their entire world is breaking down and they just have to wait till they either figure it out on their own, or become sick enough that people can’t deny it any more, and by then…

it’s usually too late. 

Please read this, it’s so important.