So, I have ADHD & anxiety, and I'm only 12, so I have a list.

- Stop faking it.
- You don't need that to focus! Just try harder! (I need to have something to fidget with to stay focused)
- Can't you just, like, hold it in or something? (I have tics from it)
- Girl's don't have that.
- You're just asking for attention.
- Stop being lazy and do something.
- Just speak up! It's not that hard.
- Why are you so quiet all the time? You should change. (sorry Karen, but it's not that easy)
- Why must you be like this? Just be like everyone else and you'll be fine.

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"I don't care what happened in Iraq, you're just not as funny as you used to be."

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No s**t! Traumatic experiences have a way of doing that.

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I have severe depression and i am on medication. An (ex)-friend said to me that i don't need the meds, I just need to stop whining and being depressed and I need to be strong.

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oh my god that s the worst I have adhd and I take meds and a friend I argue with sometimes makes comments that hurt my feelings and they just don't understand that you can't just be strong, you have to try, of course, but you can't just *glitter noise* be cured of depression *sparkle noise*. I hope your ok and your life is good/better/getting better

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After breast cancer treatment including a mastectomy and a 9hr reconstruction surgery a colleague said to me “well at least you didn’t have to have major surgery”
No, sure, I just had part of me amputated & another part of my body moved to replace it.

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Though to be fair, I didn't know until relatively recently how invasive a mastectomy actually is! It's not merely the breast tissue that is removed, but a huge chunk of muscle as well.

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Not sure if this counts but I have Cystic Fibrosis (An inherited life-threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system) and the worst thing someone told me is hard to just tell so I gotta give the context
so it was winter right so the air was super cold, and my lungs are very sensitive to cold air even though i love it so i cant breathe outside when its cold and it hurts my lungs really bad and my throat gets all scratchy and raw (like when you run for too long, just without the running part)
And i was outside at school with my friends and i was breathing very heavily trying to get oxygen and i was kinda dizzy because it was hard and my friends looked at me and said "are you okay?" thinking maybe i would throw up or something, i said "yeah im fine its just cold out" and they were confused and were like "...so?" i said "... so... i have a lung disease....? can't breathe...?" and they were like "stop it, you're not going to get pity, just suck it up its not that bad, you're just super out of shape" haha yeah well easy for them to say with their perfect lung function and healthyness. but i went home and cried because that hurt me really bad now I'm super self-conscious about how heavy im breathing because i don't want people to think i'm out of shape or weak or anything.

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Dude that sucks. Not your fault at all. To be honest, those kids right now are probably more out of shape than you'll ever be, they are probably smoking, doing drugs, etc.

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"You don't know what stress is" when I told someone I was stressed out during exams at school...

My kidneys were failing, I might have had to start dialysis soon*, I was going through puberty, was being bullied at school, my grandad had just died, and was being emotionally/mentally abused and neglected at home. Oh, and I have a disability from birth which makes every step painful. So yeah, no stress there.

That's just one example. I'm in such a better place now thankfully!! But here's an nice one (note, my physical disability makes me walk weird) - Random little boy saw me and asked "why's she walking like that" and his mum said "that's just how she walks" and he just said okay and went on his merry way. Shared a smile with the mum. A+ interaction, would normalise again

*which terrified me as, aside from me being needle-phobic, can cause heart attacks if you're really unlucky.

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I'm so f*****g sorry no one deserves this s**t.

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I have a disorder called Trichotillomania, where I will start pulling my hair off without even noticing and without feeling any pain. My family laughs at me and keeps saying that I will be Mr. Clean forever. It's not my fault I have this disorder.

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No it's not! It's probably their fault for passing it to you!

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I have AD/HD, diagnosed as a kid in the 80s when the concept was new and we didn’t know much about it.

As a child:
1. You’re so lazy/stupid/weird.
2. Girls don’t have that.
3. To my mom: We don’t have programs for girls with AD/HD. (Her answer: You do now.)
4. There’s no such thing.

As an adult:
1. Why can’t you pay more attention to detail?
2. Don’t we ALL have AD/HD?
3. You just need to focus/try harder.
4. Why do you have so much stuff at your desk?
5. There’s no such thing.
6. Regarding my reasonable accommodations for color-coded office supplies: You sure do like your pens/post-it’s/file folders.

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I totally understand! I have ADHD and so many people tell me i can just focus harder try harder, when that’s just not how it works! It’s not a switch i can flip on and off!

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I have vitiligo I’ve had vitiligo sense I was a small child which caused me to have anxiety and periods of depression

As a child people would say:

Ew why do you look like that (kid at school
You just got vitiligo to get attention ( 5th grade kid
Stop faking it your ruining everything (ex friend
(Kid at park) What’s wrong with that kid (mom) I don’t know keep walking
( I made cookies for the teachers and kids at school when it was my b-day) ew no I don’t want to eat that(kid
You can’t play with us you’ll make us look like you! (Kid
Nobody would want to marry you! Your ugly (kid
Can you wear clothes that cover your skin? Your distracting the other kids(teacher

They would never play with me, give me Valentine’s Day cards I would make cards for everybody, they bullied me, the teachers didn’t even take me seriously! They thought I was stupid.



Things they would say to me as a adult:

Hey uggo! Go f**k yourself! (Drunk guy
(Looks at lady with child) stay away from me and my child you monster!
(Bumps into Karen) ew don’t touch me I’ll call the police!
(At the cashier) what’s wrong with your face!
Why would she do that to herself ya she looks so weird (coworkers)
Can you just stop!? ( coworker)
Your so selfish! Faking your skin thing and faking depression you ruin everything!


*sigh* there’s more (I’m also still hurt about the cookie thing I worked hard on those cookies and nobody ate them 😢) Now that I think about everything that happened I feel sad cheer me up?

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i don't really know how to cheer people up but *gives virtual hug*

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I have an anxiety disorder and when I told my friend she started laughing and acted like I made it up to get out of class. She said that she wished that she had an anxiety disorder so she could get out of class too. Little did she know, her comment made me have really bad social anxiety that I still have. Now I never talk about my feelings because I am scared that they will have a similar reaction as her.

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i'm so sorry, thats absolutely awful. she's lucky not to have an anxiety disorder and she needs to realize that. well you can talk to me about your feelings if you need

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I had CRPS at 16. The nurse told my mom I shouldn’t hurt that much and I should be in a mental hospital. Friend said my life must be a living hell and I must feel guilty about my kids when I started using a wheelchair and had to quit my business.

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Im so sorry for that :/

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I thought I was partially deaf but all this time I've just not been "trying hard enough"???

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I've gotten a touch of this sentiment before. It hasn't been formally diagnosed but I am sure I have an auditory processing problem, my hearing is just fine (perhaps even excellent), but it's very difficult to understand speech when there is a high level of background noise. I've grown tired of being told I have a "listening problem."

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I am a bisexual female who suffers from severe depression, and anxiety. I have thought about suicide many times but never commited. I suppose that is obvious. I told my (ex) best friend I was contemplating suicide and she said "I know a nice knife shop. Or if you want to do it the old fashioned way I have some sturdy rope." I was horrified. I ran away crying and got her expelled.

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That is a horrible thing to say! im sorry that happened to you :(

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i have adhd and someone once said to me
"maybe if you werent a disgrace to god, you wouldn't have trouble focusing. "
i asked to sit away from that person for the rest of the school year.

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people are horrible, you can't listen to them. if you ever need to talk, i'm here.

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I have severe allergic asthma and have accommodations at work. I had someone tell me that it must be nice to leave whenever I don’t feel like working. I was aghast- I would not wish this on my worst enemy. How would you like to walk into a new place and not know if you can breathe? Or just stop being able to breathe for no real apparent reason? And then have to always, always, always have access to your inhalers and nebulizer at a second’s notice. And then have to know where the closest hospital is in case you cannot catch your breath. And the money spent on inhalers and various other things to keep me breathing is ridiculous (I’m in the US). Also, having to watch what I eat- if I eat a lot of dairy, I have issues with congestion. Same with a lot of carbohydrates. Asthma sucks.

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Some people keep suggesting always having my inhaler and meds in a pouch with me is silly because men shouldn't carry silly little handbags "well f*ck me I'll just take a chance at passing out or worse just to fit your stupid idea of manliness Chad!"

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Hi everyone! I am 14 years old fyi. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since I was 4. And also have celiac desease. But anyways, to control my blood sugar levels I have to wear two pumps on my arms. And people can be very judgmental. I have been called "cyborg" or " having ugly arms"(because my pumps are visable on my arms) or even "unnatural" just for having to wear medical pumps, checking all of my food for being gluten free and counting all if my carbs and having to take breaks when my sugar becomes low as I could pass out or die if it gets too low or too high. Also people automatically assume things like me not being able to eat sugar. That is totally not true, so i have to explain to those who care what this desease actually is. Anyways, I hope you have an amazing day! And dw there are a bunch of supportive people I surround myself with! All my friends are super understanding so I am all good! Anyways, thanks for reading! Sorry that my answer was so long.

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I had a friend that has diabetes lets just say I was his only friend and took at least 10 punches for him and stood for up for him no matter what not he plays baseball and is living a good life sadly he moved so I can no longer see him but I will always be here to stand up for him

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I found out I had a bone disease at 34 called Avascular Necrosis. I had two hip replacements at 36. I had to have reconstruction surgery on my hip muscles and IT bands at 41. At 42, I work on the 5th floor of a 6 story building and due to Covid, the elevator is reserved for people who have disabilities. I take the elevator. While waiting for the elevator, I had a coworker ask me if my disability was being fat or being lazy. While in the elevator, I've had a different coworker tell me he faked an ankle injury to ride in the elevator, then he asked me what I was faking. I can't tell you how many times I have been told how lucky I am to ride in the elevator. My standard response is "I had four surgeries on my legs and have two hip implants with 6 screws. I've had to relearn how to walk 4 times over now. Yep, I'm super lucky..."

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People forget that only a small percentage of disabilities are outwardly visible. Though invisible, they are hardly any less crippling.

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Severe depression here. I was told:
I should just get a job since I apparently have too much free time that I use for whining (I'm a freelancer);
I should think of others more, I'm too selfish;
I should think of all that is well in my life and don't be so pessimistic.

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Bi-polar disorder. I was told that I should plan my "mental health" days in advance and that it was not a valid excuse for calling out of work. I replied that I didn't have a choice, the police officer that escorted me to the emergency room due to a suicide attempt said that if I refused to comply with him he would have to restrain me and I could be arrested. My "mental health" days are often medical emergencies. Rapid cycling is no joke. You are just incapable of rational decision making and you don't have a lot of control.

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im sorry, for all of you

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Hello, borderline ADHD/ADD here. Biro female as well.

Just so you know, I am 13 (will be 13 in 33 days) and in 8th grade.

Once, an ex-friend told me that ADHD wasn't real and that I was just "weird" and that's why i "had no friends". I put shaving cream in his gym clothes.

My teachers have told me this as well, all through fifth grade my school didn't have a very good understanding of gifted kids until me and 6/7 other kiddos came along. Constant scrutinization. It was so bad I took to hiding under the tables. This small-ass 10 y.o. hiding under her chair.

Tried coming out to my fam, decided to scope it out first, my mum is borderline homophobic and my dad is just-no.

So...yeah.

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Oy I’ll try the shaving cream thing.

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I have rosacea, an incurable skin condition that causes redness, pimples, etc. on your face. Years ago a customer (an older male) walked into the office where I worked and said, "What's wrong with your face?" As soon as he left, I called my friend and burst into tears. 25 years later and I still have self-esteem issues because of his comment.

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I am so so so sorry. That sounds horrible. I just want you to know that you are beautiful, inside and out. your skin condition doesn't change that.

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I have ADHD, anxiety, and OCD and I go to physical therapy. I"m know at school as "crazy girl" or "broken girl".

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Well you're obviously not a crazy/broken girl it says right there in your username that you are an asexual demigod which is way better and way less rude

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I have some disorder that we think is ADHD that makes me very open to arm movement. Some people have called me a retarted flappy bird. I've been called an autistic ADHD kid.

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I'm so sorry. That's so rude of them

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I have Ehlers-Danlos and MALS. Being constantly told that those conditions are too rare.

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A condition being extremely rare does not mean that you cannot be afflicted with it!

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"You don't look disabled."

I have myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, autoimmune arthritis, Sjogren's, Raynaud's, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and about a dozen other diagnoses. I've suffered from chronic pain for 22 years now. The fact that I'm interacting with you means I'm having a relatively tolerable day, for which I will suffer greatly tomorrow.

(And I responded, "Well, you don't look like an idiot, so it's clear that appearances can be deceptive.")

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Good answer! Buuuuurrrrrrn!!!

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I have social anxiety. I keep to myself. I've been told I'm the guy the neighbors tell the news reporter something like "I never thought he was capable of violence."

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Oh lord. I don't think I've spoken to my neighbors in 8 years. Eh, it's too late now.

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I used to have some very bad depression. Ive gotten better at handling it now though, which is nice.

It used to be really bad though, but I avoided telling people. I only decided to tell my friends after I first thought about S/H. They told me I was dramatic and selfish, and they got super mad at me for some reason. They ended up telling the entire school that I was gay (community was kinda homophobic) just because I was depressed.

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wow, same things happening to me right now. my 'best friend' is outing me to all my friends and now they're all ignoring me. i'm so sorry.

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I have HF Autism/Asperger's, at work I'm a high functioning electrical engineer, doing design and diagnostic work. Or I was until I told a senior manager I couldn't drive the company car as it was an automatic transmission and I could only drive a manual. I was told if I was incapable of driving the works car, I was therefore mentally incapable of doing my job unsupervised anymore. He was a very surprised when I handed my notice to the MD 1hr later and told the MD why I had resigned.

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This logic applies to him too though, he made an illogical decision and therefore cannot eat

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"why can't you just eat?"
It's not that easy :/ people always invalidate my experience with anorexia/anorexia recovery. They don't realize that anorexia is the most lethal psychiatric disorder there is.

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Oh gosh, I don't have anorexia or an eating disorder (at least not a diagnosed one) but I've always been small and underweight. My growth was fine I had a perfect growth curve it was just below the normal growth curve. Especially recently since I'm almost an adult I've been pressured by my dad in particular to eat but it's not that easy. I hate when he compares me to my younger siblings it really hurts because I don't know why I have issues eating. I hate mealtimes because I've developed anxiety around them because I don't want to be pressured and made fun of. So I don't have anorexia but I can kindof understand your problem

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I have ADHD and take special meds to deal with it. It was near exams in fourth grade when some kid in my science class asked if I could borrow my meds. I gave him some because I didn't know better. He got sick and had to go home early that day.

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Now I understand why my mom had me go to the nurse's office to take my meds...

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I have anxiety and anorexia but apparently
“You just need to actually do the task and stop stressing about it”(2 afraid 2 mess up)
“It’s not that hard to sign up for sports”(everyone will call me fat)
“Your BMI is on the chart! That’s good you’re strong!”(this isn’t exactly mean but it hurts)
“Anxiety isn’t real”(fact check Karen)
“All girls(lol I’m fluid) have body image issues. You aren’t a snowflake.” (K that one sucked)

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I am so sorry. I had a friend who had anxiety/depression and anorexia, she got really really sick and I haven't seen her in like a year and a half now, i hope shes doing okay, so I kinda understand, based on what i know. I also get afraid to mess up aswell, that's why I procrastinate so often. (I also get paranoid that I am using words wrong or I worry that facts I know aren't correct and people will notice and make fun of me so I hate using smarter words or telling people facts its weird) Just know you are beautiful and smart and deserve every good thing in the world, and if you ever need to just rant or tell someone who won't judge you at all something, know i don't judge and i'll always be here if you need someone

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You can't be an autistic artist cannot believe your even trying for a gcse in art

I am 12

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That's awful! What's wrong with someone that they would say something like that to a 12-year-old much worse an autistic one. I believe in you dude art is a great career to pursue!

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Hi so um context I have lazy left eye ( search it up ) and I was verry shy abt it when dis took place

I was in y4 and I was kinda part of da popular kids group cuz I was besties with a berry popular kid ok so at da start of the yea a new girl called up Alice ( not real name ) joined she quickly made friends with all my friends including my bestie well one day I tried to going one of there games and she says “ eww Opal ( not mi real name ) go away 2 eyes this group is only for Real kids” needless to say I was lonely and had mild depression. Because of this ( to make things worse I didn’t tell my mom until it was half term ) so um yea....

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Oh gosh my spelling is atrocious

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Your writing flows in an interesting way. I rather like it. If you were writing a report or a resume, you would need spell-check. Since you're talking about yourself, the spelling here comes off as part of how you express yourself. It almost poetic, actually.

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I hope telling your mother helped. Sometimes I feel bad about myself, so I tell someone I trust. They'll often say "I do that, too" and then I feel better.

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Ty!

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haha dont worry mine is too!!!!!

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It's fine, once I tried to speedtype the name Tom and spelt it Twrjskd 😂

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Don’t worry. I love your name, by the way. I’d love to be a RainWing.

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I have severe depression and anxiety. Am told a lot by people, “Just work out. You’ll feel better then.” I also get a lot “you have everything you need, why are you depressed?”

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people don't know what its like to have a disorder

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Well, at least you don’t have cancer and will be dying from it… No, I only have a life long with an auto immune disease with fever spikes every day, but hey, I’m not dead yet.

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It‘s hard to write while shaking my head so much. I‘m so sorry for you! It‘s beyond me how people can say anything like this.

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I have IBD and not a lot of people know. I used to be a really picky eater and I'm still a little picky but not as bad. Anyway, my dad gets mad about eating junk food and stuff and he'll yell at me that it's my fault I have a disease with no known cause or cure. He tries to blame my mom too when they fight with each other. It's really really hurtful.

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I have a disorder that causes my head and hands to shake noticeably to varying degrees. I have been reported by coworkers who did not know me as being on drugs because of it. In one instance, HR asked if I could stop it because it was bothering the other employees.

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Yeah just change your neurochemical makeup on a whim!

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depression:when I was in 3rd grade and it had alot of messy girls there but i was innocent/sensitive back then,when i confessed to the teacher she told the class when i told her not to,and they knew then one girl told me to "get over it" i now have glossophobia and trust issues.

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sorry, what does glossophobia mean? i'm so sorry by the way that sounds awful

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mine isn't as severe as some people's problems, but, my parents always tell me that they don't think i have depression and that i'm an attention seeker and i'm not, when they say that i eat too much, i only weigh 105 pounds almost.

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..and what’s wrong with needing and wanting attention, anyway?? You deserve attention and love and help and warmth and happiness.

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Anxiety and depression...
“What’s your trigger?”
First off; you can’t trigger depression and secondly, if I knew the answer to that, don’t you think I would avoid it! Dumb a**

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"What's your trigger?" "Ignorance"

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I had braces and everyone called me metal mouth, I had depression for a full 2 months before they got in trouble.






Definitely didn't punch anyone...

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Not your fault someone got punched

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I have AD/HD, depression, a very short attention span, and I'm only 13. Nothing I do seems to please my parents and my only friends are just like me, sad, alone, misunderstood. My parents take us on trips thinking it will relieve the tension when all it does is stress me out. I don't want all this stuff, I want to feel loved, understood, and wanted. the only people that understand are my friends. I tell them more than I tell my parents and I only see my friends on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday(at school) we have become so close that if we don't see one of them at school and don't hear from them for 24 hours we start panicking, spamming "are you ok" messages on every way of contact, asking around if anyone has seen/heard from them, trying to figure out when the last time we heard from them ( I really need to stop watching/listening to true crime shows/podcasts ), trying to bribe them to ansere our panicked messages(candy, chips, etc) once we panicked all because one was sick and had changed her number but forgot to tell us. like the song...
until the very next day, bum bum bum bum bududum , when the girl walked up to the school that day, and she said to her friend who she had worried away "hay!" bum bum bum "are you ok?" and the friend said "yeah I just changed my number and forgot to tell you huh that's a bummer!" and they wattled away wattle, wattle, and they wattled away wattle wattle wattle .

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i love the wing of fire! love your name!

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I have autism. My school was ok with me having certain accommodations like going into the hall when it’s too loud. But this one teacher decided to bully me. He would just try to embarrass me in front of the class by using my homework as an example of what not to do. One day I didn’t know the answer to a question he asked me in front of the class so I said I didn’t know he thought that wasn’t good enough and decided that I had to give him an answer so I was now being pressured to think fast in front of the class and potentially get the answer wrong and I got super stressed out so I just said I didn’t know. Later he came over to my desk and took my math book to over explain the problem that we hat to work on. I took my book back and said I already understood. He sent me out into the hall. He then came out and said if I didn’t talk to him he was going to have to have a meeting with me and the principal and him and my mom. I just said talk to my mom. He insisted. I went back to the classroom packed my stuff and left.

I also think he is homophobic.(current teacher)
I hate him
Sorry it was so long.

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wow terrible teacher

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PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and Panic attacks after my 3 y.o. son died of cancer.

At his funeral, someone said: Well, at least you are young enough to have more kids.

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OCD, here.

It's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, NOT Obsessive Cleaning Disorder. I have had thoughts I don't want to think, bad habits that are nearly impossible to break (I've tried), and nobody believing me because of stereotypes. Not all of us obsess over things being even, and it is rare for someone to compulsively clean.

With people from my school faking OCD and other illnesses, especially tics, it makes it hard to be taken seriously. I had a therapist skip over the discussion when I brought it up so I have to fight my battles on my own without help. Stop romanticizing mental illnesses and let the ones suffering get help.

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most of the time people think OCD is cleaning but its not!!! its amazing how many people don't get what it is and it's so annoying when they joke about 'oh I have OCD cause I love cleaning' it's so annoying

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I've got a variety of physical conditions and hands down, the worst thing anyone has ever said to me was, "You shouldn't breed." While my joint hypermobility is inherited, 90% of people who have my condition are pain free and don't suffer as I do from joint pain and dislocations, so chances are any kids I have will just be bendy and floppy.

Another bad one was that I'd never find someone who wanted to be with a "disabled person" (the words they used were far worse).

Jokes on them; I met a wonderful guy who understands everything I go through cause he's got the same disability. We got engaged last year and we're expecting our first child come November.

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Oh nooooooo why did it post 3 times

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Social anxiety, severe depression, struggled with self harm since I was very young, kidney & bladder problems, then diagnosed in recent years with a personality disorder. Struggled all my working life to keep all the former hidden from everyone. Over 25 years of work at the same employer then suddenly told by really horrible new manager that we can’t cope with your mental health so we can’t employ you anymore.

I often wonder why I am still here but thanks to my moggies for being here for me when no bugger else has been.

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Whoa wth? That manager shouldn't even be allowed to oversee paint drying.

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I have a large port-wine stain birthmark on my forearm and hand. In elementary school kids teased me about it constantly. Everyone knew I liked cats, so one boy teased that my arm was red because I licked it like a cat. Almost 30 years ago and I still remember that remark vividly :(

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My Sisters friend had one covering half her face, used to get teased a lot about it. I started a rumour at school that I was secretly going out with her but 'keep it quiet because my sister doesn't know' (That made sure everyone knew). Within a week she was the most popular kid at school. She's getting married this year to a very lucky guy and I can't wait to see how beautiful she looks in her dress.

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Aspie here. Worst thing I've ever heard from someone about it was that they didn't believe I have Asperger's because "[I] don't act like [an autistic person]". Way to be ignorant, pigeonhole someone, AND be insensitive all in one package. All the worse, this person was my supervisor too... They were willing to violate the ADA and not provide reasonable accommodation just to validate that opinion. That was truly an awful time in my life.

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If you've met one person with ASD/Asperger's, you've met ONE person with ASD/Asperger's. Amazing how many don't get that.

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“You’re to happy to have depression”. Ever heard of repressing emotions?

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I’m sorry.

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I have ADHD, tics, and DID, I get told to stop faking it, just focus, and to stop trying to be a charity case, that i am not a healthy look for humanity, the worst thing someone had said to me was to suck it up and stop being dramatic that if I focused and prayed enough, it will all go away. please don't use your religion to say things like this its very harmful to people.

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Yes, it really is.

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I'm autistic (not diagnosed until I was 15).
My teachers would yell at me for stimming since I was obviously "not paying attention and then yell at me for not paying attention when I was focusing on not stimming...

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I am so sorry. Sometimes it just takes one teacher to spot the signs and help, but too often children are just lumped together and expected to be like everyone else. My son wasn't diagnosed until he was 11 but was in the special ed program before that (he also has TS and was receiving PT/OT/Speech). His teacher allowed him to lay under his desk as long as he was paying attention. Everyone uses different tools to help, even those who are NT. It's so incredibly unfair that you were yelled at. I hope things have improved for you.

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i have ADHD Insomnia and Anxiety and i am adopted (born in korea) , so naturally i get made fun of:
"chinese/japanese boy" every single person in my school, this hurts a lot more then you think
"sloth" every single person in my school, they make fun of me bc i can't sleep and im slow when im tired
"stop eating!" my teacher 4th grade, i also, idk why but snaking helps me focus, so i did'nt focus and got terrible grades
i am 1 out of 2 korean people in my school so we get A: shipped and B: called
젠장, korean for s**t
i have some friends that are nice so it helps a little bit though

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Chewing has been shown to help many people with their focus. Have you tried chewing gum? I'm sorry you went through that.

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I have recurrent pericarditis that means I have to self-inject medication daily to calm my immune system down. I get frequent headaches, nausea, pain and constant fatigue. After one bad spell, four days in bed, a trip to the hospital, and not eating for nearly a week, my friend told me that would be handy to have that, to help her lose weight. I was dumbstruck.

It’s the overwhelming fatigue and pain that drags you down, but otherwise look healthy, but according to some (including family) I’m lazy, or need to do more, have you tried yoga, etc. But you were fine yesterday? They have no idea about post exertional malaise or care to listen to an explanation either.

To everyone else with rare, autoimmune diseases, have you thought about trying yoga?? 😝

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I feel like yoga has become a weird default "solution" for anything. You have depression? Have you tried yoga? You have anxiety? Have you tried yoga? You have an eating disorder? Have you tried yoga? Have you been through a traumatic event? Have you tried yoga? I know it is helpful to some but it most of the time isn't.

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Since the very young age of 11 I've been suffering from anxiety and depression all the time. People keep saying to me how "quit with the fake depression everybody knows girls can't get depression" and "Why do you cry all the time?" And basically things along the lines of "crybaby" I have so much pressure on my shoulders about being the smart girl. Everyone comes to me for my homework answers or my partner in group protects, and before you ask yes I'm the one doing all the work, and you know how extra credit assignments are optional? My teachers make me do extra credit assignments as homework because of my straight A grades, and they wonder why I'm always so tired and stressed to the point where I'm crying.

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Sounds like you are really smart! It can be hard to learn to say “no”. Just a simple no, too much on my plate... gently but firmly. Maybe practice it a couple of times when the stakes aren’t really high, and then maybe start using it more often?

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I am deaf since birth.

One day, I went to a job fair. I had an ASL interpreter with me, so other people could tell I was deaf. I approached a booth only to read the job description that was placed on the table there. I didn't get a chance to read it because a woman at the booth immediately walked up to me and said, "I'm sorry but we don't hire deaf people."

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That has to be illegal! What a douche! The only good thing I can think to say is thank God/whomever she showed her bigoted nature right away, so she was never your boss! But this is small beans, compared to how she treated You, I'm sorry you met such an awful person!

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I have multiple neuropathies (cranial, peripheral, autonomic) due to a demyelinating disorder. I've heard: 1. Why don't to watch your sugars? A lot of sugar makes diabetes worse. (I don't have diabetes, in fact my blood sugar and A1C is always on the low side). 2. I already told you that, why didn't you remember? (I can literally forget what I'm doing while I'm doing it). 3. You've been there before, why can't you remember the way? (I have gotten lost in my own bloody living room. I can tell you, I'm not doing it on purpose and being scared like that is NOT fun).

Both of my children are on the spectrum. My son also has TS. People have asked him why he is making that noise. That is generally okay but it's the WAY that some ask it. Curiosity is great and he loves to inform people, but those that snicker or get angry.. Just no, stop, please just stop. As for my daughter, she is on the lower functioning scale of the spectrum and I had someone seriously say to me "Why don't you just teach that thing something?" This was after I apologized to them for her giggling loudly in a restaurant. She had recently had a cleft repaired and was still learning how to regulate her voice. She didn't even talk until she was nearly 5, so hearing her giggle was like heaven to me.

People just p!ss me off sometimes.

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I can relate! I forget literally anything! For example I confuse (I’m in 6 grade) and I forget if I’m in year 5, what my age is..

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“I was born with weak bones and a weak immune system, so altogether in injuries and broken bones I’ve spent about a year in the hospital... I don’t like going to the hospital anymore because I get reminded of my appendicitis surgery that nearly went wrong.”

“But you didn’t die. Stop whining about it unless you came down with cancer or something.”

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So basically, that person would have compassion for you only if you died?? And how is that supposed to help you??! Plus there's no guarantee they'd be any kinder to someone with cancer. I hope that person is out of your life.

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I have ADHD and i had a friend who said behind my back, "she doesn't even have ADHD she's not even hyper I'm so hyper I actually have ADHD not her" I'm not hyper at school because i have medication. It's so annoying when people think they have ADHD cause they are hyper. Its not just being hyper its loads of other things too.

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I am glad you are taking your medication.

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I have many diagnoses but to be succinct, I will only address the comment that was worst:
Regarding my depression: "we'll go to a cancer ward at a children's hospital and then you will see others have it worse."
What made this the most hurtful was that it was my mother saying this to me when she knew I was suicidal. She then thought it was an appropriate time to bring up how she resented me for saying "dada" instead of "mama" when I was first learning to talk (I was in my mid 20's when this conversation happened).

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I have epilepsy :
- you are faking it
- weirdo
- stop it! (was having seizure)
- idiot/imbecile/mental
So happy there are more treatments and it's more understood now. Childhood was hard.

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...WTF how can people be this dumb?

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