I fucking HATE this post. I absolutely fucking do. I have social anxiety and am an introvert, but I also realize that in order to function in this world I HAVE TO GO OUT INTO PUBLIC. It absolutely terrifies me, and sometimes I’ll go to parties and sit in the corner wishing I was home and/or dead. Also, anxiety has phases? It isn’t always the same level, the same intensity, or even in response to the same thing?
Like, FUCK anyone who feels the need to fucking GATEKEEP mental illness. Like they know everything other people are going through, like they understand all the nuances and complications that come along with mental illness, like they’re some kind of fucking AUTHORITY figure on anxiety just because they did some research on it – or maybe because they HAVE anxiety and for some reason believe that literally every other person with anxiety shows their symptoms in the same exact way, instead of acknowledging that mental illnesses are as varied as the people who have them.
Also, I’m sorry, but like, mentally ill people – even people with anxiety who identify as antisocial – are ALLOWED to be in public places? You don’t get to tell them they’re invalid just because they aren’t hiding in their house 24/7?
Fuck you, OP. Fuck your conceited, self-righteous, ableist, gatekeeping ass.
If I'm your savior, then you're mine. 