#so connecting unreasonable callouts to classic anxiety symptoms to discredit them

[felikatze]

throwing my hat in the ring to say that posts like "damn your hate mail is bold when you cant even ask for no pickles irl" are perhaps not good because we shouldn't connect anxiety with "annoying" behavior.

i dont see many of those posts anymore but they WERE popular for a time and like. let me make the assumption that you bullied people in middle school then.

fact of the matter is online spaces ARE a safe haven for people with anxiety disorders. you cant stutter over text, no one can see the physical symptoms of anxiety, can't see you hyperventilate and blush and sweat. just the being invisible is already a huge relief in communication. you cant curate your self expression to the same extent. if i'm a stuttering mess irl, people hear it. if i typo, i can retype it.

people are bolder online. but that doesn't automatically make someone a shithead. people who already are shitheads will just use anonimity to get away consequence free. if you mean shitheads, call them that, instead of fucking demonizing mental illness again.