I have decided that people need to stop telling me to ‘Grow Up’ just because I am not at the mental level they think I should be. I have been dealing with mental illness and trauma on my own without help for years. I have been pushing myself to become stronger despite it, and not giving up even when I slip and fall and fail, I have gotten myself to the point where I can do important things like bills and jobs despite my mental illness making these near impossible for me. I have gone through, and learned from and made my way through myself telling me that my sexuality and gender were not my own. That I didn’t deserve to be me or take titles I was not assigned at birth. I fought through internalized homophobia and transphobia (aimed at myself) to become the person I am today, I have been through two sets of abusive parents and I have guided myself to NOT be like THEM. When I had to fight off my internalized ableism at myself saying ‘it’s not that Fucking bad, you’re just a crybaby r*t*rd and you need to get over it and fix yourself’. I go through all of this and work to fix it all myself, I make progress on becoming a better person.
And you think it’s problematic if you make me isolated in a group, and I can only convey how this makes me feel by going ‘ :c ‘ because I haven’t gotten to the point where I can talk about when something is hurting me yet? Because I’m afraid of hurting other by saying it’s shitty and manipulative to do? You tell me to grow up? Bitch I fucking raised myself, it’s your turn to grow the fuck up. It’s your turn to become a better person.
Because that’s on you, and fuck you, too. Because for once, I’m not actually blaming myself.