#feeling invalidated

[azymondiax]

hey guys i took an assessment today and they told me i dont have adhd because i "didnt have the symptoms when i was 6-12" and bcs "regarding the thing you mentioned about being really absorbed by the book, everyone does it when theyre interested and passionate about something". ok but to the point where they forget to eat? to the point they forget to piss?? i dont think thats very normal jasmine.

anyway please help if u guys had similar experiences :( wld love some reassurance rn. i know i should be glad that they said i dont have adhd but i know for sure that something isn't right with me. and i think that the fact that i need to have the symptoms when i was 6-12 is fucking stupid. plus, i literally told her a whole ass list of symptoms that DO associate with whatever criteria they used for adhd and she told me its not possible for me to have it because i didnt experience it when i was a child?????? sigh

[shutuponegaishimasu]

I want to cry, but I can't because I'm afraid that it will be invalidated by the same people you want to pour your heart out to. Being told that it's immature to cry when you reach a certain age, or that you are just being emotional about the matter, or that it simple is something that shouldn't be cried about just really kills something inside you. Something deep in your chest just crumbles entirely. Your scandalous weeping becomes a mild hiccuping sound, your river of tears suddenly dries, and your gaping mouth turns into a fine line. You stop just like they wanted. You stop crying, you stop explaining, you stop justifying, you stop trusting, you stop confiding. In the end, I just want to cry again at what has become of me because of them. But I can't. The tears just won't come anymore.

[rainytech]

Parents, please stop invalidating your children when they are upset they cant go back to school. I get that other kids or people may have it worse, but please just consider how your KID feels. Everyone reacts differently, so dont say "well at least you have the internet you can talk to your friends to" or "well I would be excited if I was a kid because... *whatever reason*" because chances are the kid already knows this, so please stop invalidating the kids who all they need is support through these difficult times

[shutuponegaishimasu]

It's not the sacrifices that you have made, but the absence of a simple and sincere "Thank you" after everything that breaks your heart.

[dunsparr0w]

No, please, tell me more how I should feel. Tell me exactly how wrong I am to feel the way I do. Let me know again and again exactly how you expect me to act, how I should be. Will you ask my corpse why I didn't appreciate life the way you think I should?

[darkobssessions]

Why is mental health so stigmatised? Why are we not talking about it more publicly?!

"What will it take for you to listen?" Why is mental health so stigmatised? Why are we not talking about it more publicly? Why is it that

[the-eternal-system]

So, I hate this feeling.

Simultaneously validated...

And invalidated.

How am I?

How am I supposed to feel

Like I'm not crazy

When you blow it off?

I don't know if I'm "severe" enough

But I do know I can't do this alone.

[eggssalads]

Sorry I just needed to vent.

But I had a minor surgery done yesterday and I asked my doctor for an excuse for school... he gave me one for the day of, thinking that I’ll need one for the next day I asked him about it and he said “why would you need that? You can’t miss school because of this.” I was like uhh??? Okay but what if It hurts still? And he was dead ass “it won’t hurt, you won’t feel any pain tomorrow.” Well.. today is the second day and I have stayed up all night crying in pain and he still refused to write me a note after we called last night explaining my pain.

WHY DO DOCTORS NOT LISTEN! WHY DO DOCTORS NOT LISTEN!