Posting this on my disability blog bc it relates to mental illness, also trigger warning for disordered eating mentions
We as a society need to stop normalizing making a competition out of who can be the most mentally ill. When I say this I am very specifically referring to the people who compete with each other for who can be the absolute unhealthiest while not tipping the line into completely dysfunctional.
“The only thing I had to eat today was boba fourteen hours ago. I’m just not hungry!”
“You think your sleep schedule is bad? I only got two hours of sleep last night!”
“I’ve had three Monsters today and the only thing I’ve eaten is a cookie”
“My head hurts sooooo bad right now, I’ve been studying for 12 hours and I haven’t eaten or drank anything!”
Like okay cool, congratulations? Am I supposed to be proud of you for being shitty at taking care of yourself? What am I supposed to say to this? “Wow, that’s soooo cool! I love how you purposefully sabotage your mental health for the sake of feeling superior to others!”
Why should your level of suffering be a reason to put someone else down who is also suffering? Why are we competing for who has it worse? Nobody wants to be around someone who constantly makes their struggles feel like they don’t matter.
It’s really giving this specific tweet for me: