And just because you believe bizarre theories does not make them true (looking at you, flat-earthers and covid-deniers).

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. It is also not a blanket "everyone must allow you to say whatever you want": it's a restriction on the government from making gag laws

I am a gen x aged American man who served in the military and has a career in construction. Both very “masculine” with the attitude of “suck it up” I started to struggle with depression and rather than dealing with it I let it consume me because I was too proud and it ruined a lot of my relationships including my marriage. Now I talk openly about it at work on a jobsite and do not feel any shame and hope that I can help another person who is afraid to admit they are struggling.

Same, I have a hermit gene and I like it.

Poverty is not by choice. It's by design. As you work and work, save, watch money and still poor. Something is broken.

Yes

Nobody wants to feel they are not worth enough to deserve a fair return for their skill, sweat and time. Show some respect you are not better than someone else, we are not cheap slaves.

Have a one night stand with a different man every month for a year and you'll be stretched out, but sleep with the same man 365 times a year and you won't, what kind of stupid logic is that?

Yes but it's pudgy in middle

Be offended all you want, see who gives a c**p. Grow a spine and use all of your brain. If we took away everything that anybody found offensive, the world would vanish.

Reminds me of my sister who was telling me that I would change my mind when I'll meet the man of my dreams. I told her that the man of my dreams will not want children either.

This is a major problem with social media. People say all sorts of hideous things to and about individuals or communities that they wouldn't say in a face to face encounter. Partly because they don't have the courage to say it in a live situation, but I think it's also partly because cyber bullying somehow doesn't feel "real" to them ("It's only words", "It's just my opinion") and they are distanced from the consequences.

Even to just have to explain yourself why you're not drinking alcohol.

Just like you can’t pray away schizophrenia

I've lived with this illness for many, many years. It's not a mood swing, a*s holes.

The DSM-5 criteria for a bipolar diagnosis are very, very specific. Referring to someone as a "little bit bipolar" not only demonstrates complete ignorance of what the disorder entails, but is as ridiculous as saying that someone has a "little bit" of cancer. You either have it or you don't.

I think there is a general lack of education. I for one didn't really know what bipolar meant until I just looked it up. The same it true of many conditions I hear about but don't necessarily fully understand. However my lack of knowledge wouldn't lead me to say something like that.

Having moods does not correlate to being bipolar.

That is such a truly insensitive thing to say considering the hell, the hurt, the confusion and anger, and life and death even in some cases, that bipolar is capable of causing.

People do the same with adhd and I’m pretty sure lots of other disorders, it makes me angry because they don’t know how we actually feel

I was almost 40 before I was correctly diagnosed. It was always dismissed and just mood swings. But first lithium and then, after several tries, an effective antidepressant have changed my life.

People say the same thing about adhd. They say "we're all a little adhd sometimes" keyword: sometimes. I don't have a sometimes. Bipolar is such a difficult condition that people truly suffer from.

i hate the ppl who place bi polar, anxeity disorders and depression all in the same category. they r 3 very real and 3 very different disorders. i have multiple anxeity disorders. what i dont have is depression and im not bi polar. my friend is bi polar and i have anxeity i love all our other friends bc they r very careful around us. u never kno how my friend is doing bc she can b perfectly happy then like flipping a switch shes angry. we try to keep happy topics a thing wen talking to her and it does help. even in angry mode she will giggle and smile. for me im a more delicate case. my friends word things in certain ways to make sure i dont feel akward or targeted etc. they also talk for me if strangers show up. my bi polar friend is able to b social with everyone while i m not. she can go places on her own i cant. the list of differences of living our lives with our disorders is very long.

I have real ADHD. Like before it was cool. I feel you!

but alot of time people can confuse it with depression or can have both and not be aware they have both

I like her outfit.

And I'm a bi sexual. If I don't bi it, I don't get it

Agreed

I saw it described on Criminal Minds as the line between anxiety and psychosis. So if that's true, then no, everyone certainly is not a little bit bipolar.

However, if you are looking for a cause, then correlation is the best place to start. Looking at unrelated data rarely gets you anywhere.

I’ve worked in a lot of jobs that entail dealing with people. When someone indicates they’re deaf, or I’ve met them before and know they’re deaf, I have always made sure to lightly touch their arm to get their attention, and to directly face them, not to rush my words, but speak clearly—-not loudly, but clearly so my lips form readable words for them. It’s really not difficult to adjust to someone else’s needs for the few minutes you’re interacting with them, ffs.

Or like them. And having kids of your own does not mean you automatically like other people's kids.

I've asked people to reboot their computer and they turned off the monitor, and back on. smh

I don't understand how the word gaslighting is used these day, check out the movie that originated the term. Please.

My dad used to be a bus driver and he taught me this. He said that having 'I was right' engraved on your tombstone wasn't as useful as you might think.

Are you sure. I'm having loads of fun deciding whether to eat today and walk to work or not eat and ride the bus.

If you love someone, it does not matter what a stranger thinks. Love is blind

Glassmakers welcome old glass

Once you're pregnant your family starts treating your body as their property, and that your unborn child is theirs and you can't be trusted to make good decisions. They aren't even concerned about you for you. Any concern they have is about the baby inside you. You'll realize this after the baby is out and any care your family once seemingly had of you is gone. They will not ask how you're doing. They will not help you with your recovery needs. They will not speak to you like a grown woman who has a brain. They will not trust your maternal instincts and updated knowledge on parenting. They will not even take into consideration your sleep deprivation and hormones. Won't come around much, won't check in, won't talk to you about other things going on in the world. I had more lectures and being yelled at than anything. Really didn't help PPD. In fact no one gave Postpartum depression a thought at all.

"We only use 1/3 of a stoplight"

It also does not mean that I understand every piece of software that's on your machine! I'm possibly better at finding out what's wrong with it, but I don't know every way in which it can go wrong.

I always say that extreme atheists are just as insufferable as extreme religious folks. Both shove their beliefs down your throat. Both act smug and condescending if you don't adhere to their beliefs.

Yess.I like going to movies, restaurants alone. Or just walk around the town. Whatever I want. I don't have to accomodate other people's needs and opinions. It's peaceful.

Frequently confused by people (especially ones making negative comments about minority groups...). Race = physical characteristics such as skin, hair, and eye colour. Ethnicity = cultural characteristics such as language, religion, food and clothing, social customs. Nationality = legal sense of belonging to a specific nation state (citizenship by birth OR naturalisation). However, “race” is a social construct based on physical appearance as there is no significant biological difference between different human races.

Fine but it doesn't mean I have to like the look or thought of eating either does it.

I work with students under 12; I keep having to explain to them that school is necessary and growing up to be "a YouTuber" is not a reasonable life plan (and, yes, you do need to learn how to read no matter how much you don't like it!) * I work at a tutoring center with varying age ranges.

Yeah but you can be skinny and still be completely unhealthy. Exercise is important. Doing one without the other is like only tying one shoe. It's still going to trip you up eventually

I listened with incredulity and fury when certain people in Congress (guess which party) argued that there shouldn't be a cap on the price of insulin because people with diabetes just have bad eating habits and/or are obese. Although I don't think that any of these idiots actually came out and said, "having diabetes is your own fault," that was definitely the message.