Im so sorry ahaha i hate myself

                         Sam stephens

     Mental health is very important, talk about it!

     Important things to talk about

   There is a serious stigma  concerning mental health and neurodivergent people, and no one seems to  realize it. Yes, we have mental health week and it is great. It allows for discussion and conversation, not to mention the feeling of acceptance you can get from such a great week. But aside from that a lot of neurodivergent people get almost no recognition at all. You can't participate in this really great thing, and after it, just go back to not caring. That's not cool and you aren't doing anyone any favors.

    In school, if you don't have a "serious" enough condition or problem you often times don't get the help that you need. The issues we face are seen as excuses and we should just try harder. That is not how this works. You do not get to judge how hard I am trying by your standards. It's sometimes hard enough to get up in the morning and deal with the interaction that I don't have the energy for. Trying harder takes a lot of effort and you can't excpect change to happen out of the blue one day. You can't really expect that out of anyone.  It's completely irrational.

    Sometimes it's even worse at home. Parents refuse to take their children to therapy or the doctor or whatever it is that they need, and usually this is because parents think that they know better than their children the things they are going through. Despite the fact that they never dealt with this specific problem before. Neurotypical people tend to downgrade divergent people, thinking that they're judt being dramatic or over reacting. Ignorance is a major issue and kids often times don't even feel comfortable talking to their parents because they know that they won't understand of take the time to just listen to them.

   Be nice to us. Don't treat us like a totally different species because we're a little different from you. I am not other, i am a human being and I deserve the respect given to neurotypical people. There is no reason to be afraid of us or be weirded out. Get over yourself.