Mental illness is not trendy or cool to have

Seems to be a lot of people online and in person who fake mental illnesses now and think it is some cool label to attach to themselves. Tik Tok is flooded with it and yeah when you actually have a real mental illness, It does not make you trendy or cool and there is really no positives to it.
It bothers me that people are so very desperate to attach labels on themselves that now this has become just as bad as those who fake it for financial gain or whatever else..

Also self diagnosing yourself isn't a actual diagnosis

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finitysmith · F

I do hate it too. Someone on here tried claiming they have CP to explain their weird tendencies. But my cousin actually has it so I could tell right away they were lying. It’s unfair to those that actually have the condition and got to suffer with it while others thinks it’s a exuse

ZashaKitty · 26-30, F

@finitysmith people have different experiences with mental illnesses though I think. Not saying that person was faking it or not but you never know I guess.

Sorry to hear about your cousin

I am more talking about people who kind of gloat and talk as if they are really unique and cool for having a mental illness and post tiktok videos about it and so on and they also say they self diagnosed. To me, that is not a real diagnosis and should not be treated as one

finitysmith · F

@ZashaKitty yeah self diagnosed people full of it