kiibutt:

RANT: IGNORANCE ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS [DEPRESSION]

Okay so I made a post about how I may get cut off from my insurance, which means I won’t be able to afford my antidepressants. Which would cause me to spiral back into depression.

In response professorbuns told me, “You’re delusional”.


So I asked her how I was delusional, and she came up with the first response. 

Then you obviously see what came next.

This is the definition of biological:

bi·o·log·i·cal  

/ˌbīəˈläjikəl/
Adjective
  1. Relating to biology or living organisms.
  2. Genetically related.
Synonyms
biologic

Oh yeah I definitely didn’t go to 5th grade or anything. I obviously don’t know what I’m talking about.

This is what I hate the most. When people are truly uneducated about an illness whether or not they have it themselves. 

I learned about the causes of depression from research regarding my own depression, my psychiatrist talking to me about it, and taking a basic psychology course in High School. 

Not only can depression be caused by biochemical imbalances in the brain but also social and environmental factors.

And YES some people do NOT need antidepressants because they treat their depression in a different way. Whether it’s therapy or something else.

However we also have people who need medication. I am one of them, I have had therapy and tried other methods but they didn’t work. Finally when I was old enough I took my mental health into my own hands and began taking antidepressants. It helped immensely and my entire family noticed a change in my personality.

I was more relaxed, calm, and I was able to function properly.

This also applies to other things.

Some people don’t use medicine to cure a cold, they just lay in bed and rest.

Other’s may need another approach and use medicine.

What works for some, might not work for others.

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT.

But being ignorant to how a mental illness actually work and how some people must treat it is just stupid.

Also just because someone may have it worse than you, does not invalidate how you feel. 


Yeah I’m dependent on my medication because it levels me out, I CAN go without it, but then I’m completely suicidal.

Being dependent on medicine is NOT a “bad habit”. Are you going to tell my grandfather with hypertension that he shouldn’t take medicine that is causing him from having a 3rd heart attack that he has a “bad habit”?

Are you going to tell cancer patients that they shouldn’t depend on live saving medicine because its a “bad habit”?

No.

Mental illness is a ILLNESS, and should be treated like one. People with mental illness are sick, they are ill. Just like any other illness, it must be treated. And there are many different ways to treat an illness.

Moral: Don’t be an ignorant little shit about mental illness, how it works, and how some people treat it. Seriously. It’s not cool.

Here are also some articles on the biology of depression, all from legit sources.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721780/
http://www.allaboutdepression.com/cau_02.html

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For the past month, my grandpa and my parents had been working together to remodel/redecorate the back porch and yards, a large part of it (thus far) being a project to make a small room in the back porch. The room’s finished (at least, it appears to be so), and I must admit, it’s literally my ideal room. Hotel-esque decor aside, it’s decently ventilated, well-furnished, has plugs for the lamp and other electronics, and provides a view of nature (read: the backyard).

The only catch? It’s not meant for me. OTL

fletchlingsshoes:

OK I snagged these two shots from the site because the captions for them made me really, really excited.

Because honestly let’s get real here.

The relationships we had with our Pokemon in the previous games were surprisingly lacking. Sure, in HG/SS we got to walk around with our Pokemon and see them dance or roll in the grass, but otherwise friendship’s function only really influenced a few things, mainly evolution, a few moves, and the ability to get a few ribbons. 

We never really saw anything relating to how close our Pokemon was to us in a way beyond some ratings or a few devices or cues in the games that showed how much they liked their trainer. So in my opinion the fact that bonding through Pokemon-Amie can get them to do things like look at you while waiting for directions in a fight opens up a HUGE can of possibilities with what they’ll do.

Will the bond’s strength affect their accuracy in battle? Will it affect how often they’ll hurt themselves or overcome confusion in a fight? There’s so many other things on my mind but this just makes me really,really excited to see something like this finally put into the Pokemon games because now we can see actual results of bonding with our Pokemon besides some handful of dialogue from a rater in somehouse.

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raideo:

buttermilkdad:

big-band:

i went to play tf2 but then the game went on lsd

 ah yes my favorite disguise…white oval

spy can pull off the white oval flawlessly.

so eliptical

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