I have depression, anxiety and mild OCD, and experienced a mental break down a few years back. I have been told by family members that depression and anxiety are trend illnesses that are used to cloud the persons laziness and unwillingness to contribute to society. There are only schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that can be accounted as real mental illnesses, according to them. And I'm not sick according to them... I'm just having a "rough time" (witch has lasted for about 17 years of my life, oh well..)
These family members of mine are all educated with in the medical field. So yeah! there you go!
I'm lucky that has a good partner that acknowledges my mental health and is such a rock in assuring me that it isn't always my head that plays tricks on me, that sometimes people suck and dont support me the right way. So I've learned to say f*ck'em! But it still is sad..

How do you deal with the denyers ? #mentalillnessisreal #Depression #Anxiety #somepeoplesuck