The problem with a mental illness is you can be fine for a while. just completely and totally functional like a normal person. then for no reason whatsoever you feel that overwhelming feeling of hopelessness, sadness, or worry. and it feels like you’re just back to square one. the sudden feeling that you don’t matter always comes back. the worst part is you can never explain to someone why, it’s just how your mind works.
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Yet another reminder that faking is a conscious choice that you make.
It is not something you can do accidentally, regards of what you’re talking about.
You can’t accidentally fake depression, or anxiety, or bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, or any other mental illness.
You can’t accidentally fake Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, personality disorders.
You can’t accidentally fake ADHD, autism, Tourette’s Syndrome, auditory processing disorder, aphasia or any other neurodivergence
You can’t accidentally fake being trans or ace-spec or aro-spec or any other LGBTQIA+ identity.
You can’t accidentally fake chronic illnesses like CFS, fibromyalgia or any chronic illness.
You also can’t accidentally fake being good/intelligent at something. You didn’t fool your peers into reaching your position.
You can’t accidentally fake trauma, PTSD/cPTSD, DID/OSDD/DDNOS or any other trauma-based disorder.
Tldr:
Faking is a conscious choice.
You cannot do it by accident.
If you are worried that you are faking, that in itself is proof that you are not.
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