I don’t know who needs to hear this, but telling a DA / IRL to recover like it’s that simple is not okay
“gatekeeping is stupid!” but it’s necessary. doubles will make me spiral, and it does that for many that struggle with a delusional attachment. Recovery is good, yes, but it takes a long time, it cannot happen in a day. You can’t be mad at a DA / IRL for gatekeeping their source, just respect their boundaries and let them do what THEY need to do to recover.
I don’t know what you were trying to accomplish by spewing all of that bullshit in a group chat of unstable teenagers that struggle heavily with psychosis, but you came off as just idiotic.
“oh i have psychosis too!” then don’t judge others that clearly are having a worse off time than you. If I didn’t know any better, I would think you’re just saying that to try and seem less wrong in all of your statements.
“why are we normalizing DAs / IRLs” because you’re in a group chat full of them. We are all trying to recover at our own pace, and some just flat out don’t want to because their source isn’t harming themself or others. Respect that or stop interacting.
as someone who is generally flat out psychotic, recovery is a struggle. I’m manic half the time, struggling to manage episodes without medication, and shifts are easily triggered due to my instability that’s almost lead to my passing multiple times. Telling someone to “just recover” like it’s simple is so fucking insensitive and you need to educate yourself before you try and weasel your way into this friend group.
