i swear i am so sick of able-bodied mentally ill people acting like physically disabled people have it so great and get all this imaged respect from abled people. fuck you, no we don’t. stop stealing our words to describe yourself because you think we have it so much better than you. we are not more respected or listened to than you are. and by using the word cripple to describe your symptoms you are being ableist. end of story. if you are not physically disabled you have no earthly idea what it is like to be crippled. stop using the word cripple. it is a violent slur and it is not yours to use.
Um also, can we stop with the fucking articles about “If physical illness were treated like mental illness”? Especially when the people don’t actually have a physical illness? I actually have multiple physical and mental illnesses.
I’ve had doctors tell me to get over my physical illness, to not call myself sick, all the things these articles say people DON’T say to the physically ill…I literally have almost died twice because doctors have dismissed chronic deadly physical illnesses.I am SO DONE with healthy able bodied mentally ill people using a comparison they haven’t lived that is literally erasing my experience.
I used to support those comparisons, but over time I learned it was so wrong. Disabled people aren’t treated better or worse because of disability. We’re all treated awfully, one way or another. I am physically and mentally ill at this point in my life. I have invisible illness, and there are people who treat me like shit when I need accommodations ((thankfully less so now that I’m in college)).
Please don’t try and compare mental and physical illness. Ableism doesn’t choose favorites. We’re all affected, and we should be supporting each other, not using one another to make a point.
