Downplaying Disorders
I absolutely HATE vegetables. But do you know what I hate more? When people down play anxiety! Today I got super offended because my own grandmother told me she wished she had O.C.D so that she could be more organized. I don't think I have ever been more offended. I have had many other encounters too where people say stuff like "I think i have O.C.D because I am so organized." No you dont. Sure you're organized, but honey you do not have O.C.D. O.C.D has literally made years of my life a living hell. I feel like people feel it is just being clean, but that is just a sliver of what it is. (If you would like to hear more about what I went through with my O.C.D I have a blog entry I made a while back titled "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder".) Even when people make those little comments about anxiety such as "You don't need to be nervous" or "It's not that big of a deal." Don't you think I know that. I don't want to be nervous, ...