[ SECRET POST #3265 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3265 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 075 secrets from Secret Submission Post #467.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2- not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

10. http://i.imgur.com/d3Lm6gz.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

"feel like I've wandered into the wrong classroom by mistake."

YES THIS thanks for articulating it in a way I never could.

It's not like seeing those kind of mental health posts are off-putting, or that I think "ugh this doesn't apply to me so it shouldn't exist", it's just...awkward.

More awkward than wandering into the wrong classroom though. More like...accidentally wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting while I'm trying to find the band room.

[(Anonymous)]

And the sometimes not-so-subtle implications that only people who have some trauma of this kind are truly sensitive, creative, perceptive and feeling people, and the rest of us are just superficial, materialist know-nothings.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like you care more about people not thinking you have a mental illness than actually supporting people who do.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really read it that way. Some wording on things you might want to reblog/like in support can make it so that it sounds like 'if you like this you are acknowledging you have [insert mental illness here] as well', and maybe OP doesn't want it to seem like they're lying/co-opting an illness instead of just supporting it.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like you are deliberately trying to start an argument. There's nothing there to suggest what you imply.

[(Anonymous)]

They're literally bawwing about posts that *might* make someone think they have an illness when reblogged.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

How did you get that from my comment? Very curious about your train of conclusion jumps here.

But I don't even reblog anything non-fandom anyway so worrying about that would never cross my mind.

And if I did reblog non-fandom stuff, it still wouldn't matter, especially since a) no one knows who I really am on tumblr and b) about 3/4 of my dash have some mental illnesses or conditions so it's not like I would be the odd one out if someone did think I had an illness.

[(Anonymous)]

Rwad your paragraph on the bottom right with fresh eyes and tell me how you DON'T get that.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Sorry I still have no idea what you're talking about? Why would I be afraid of people thinking an anonymous online persona of me had a mental illness in a fandom community where mental illness is deeply accepted and very, very widely represented?

This issue is entirely about my reaction to posts I see from other people on my dash. It simply hasn't got anything to do with what I think other people will see in me.

[(Anonymous)]

Because they have the temerity to know what they mean and don't care to be bullied by you, is how.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Since I only reblog fandom related things for my sanity, that's not really an issue even if I did care about it. It's more like, as I said in the secret, feeling as if I'm sitting in the wrong classroom.

[(Anonymous)]

Something about that background picture is lowkey freaking me out. Can't put my finger on it.

[(Anonymous)]

This ain't fandom, brah.

[(Anonymous)]

Well that's because those posts... aren't for you? Like forgive me but I'm not seeing the problem. No one assumes everyone on tumblr is mentally ill, but sometimes those that are want to make posts and share experiences. Remember sometimes these posts even start off on someone's personal blog and the fact that it gets a lot of notes is more about how tumblr works then that person ever intending the post to go past a small audience.

You don't have to reblog it. I AM mentally ill and I don't reblog those things (I prefer to keep my blog for fun things since I am depressed etc I prefer to have things to laugh at on my down time.)

But mental health resources depending on your country are not always great, and some people may need a resource to get these things out. Some people on tumblr are young and they are still struggling to figure it out, I recommend blacklisting the mental health stuff too if it bothers you.

[otakugal15]

They may not be for them, or me, or you, whatever, but the way they are written? Assumes everyone is. At least on Tumblr.

And they can get very annoying to see.

Also te stupid backlash over the post saying that to basically ignore things that need doing is the beat self help really isn't is also very annoying.

THEN the backlash over that because they are all assuming this post means EVERYONE can actually do that piled up laundry when hey, some of is are disabled.

Hows about we NOT post self-help/self-medication stuff in such a way that doesn't really help one way or the other and just post, "hey, things that helped me that moght help you" instead. With an emphasis on "might help, but find things that may help you if these don't. These aren't at all set in stone."

Vleh, that came out in a word vomit.

Tumblr just needs to stop posting shit in such matter of fact ways that feel way too pointed and seem to be targeting everyone. That isn't helpful.

Just make a post with some basic 101 resources (not a mile long here), a FEW self-help suggestions that are just "try this. If it doesn't work, try something else" as the damn disclaimer, and stop getting angry at people in general.

Ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I appreciate some of them, but then, I am clinically depressed.

Even so, it can be a bit tiresome.

[(Anonymous)]

Man I am mentally ill and I hate those posts.

A it feels all so insincere. like let me type out this catch all phrase that shows people i care, rather than idk actually talking to people personally when they need it

B I don't need to see it all the time and be reminded, I follow fandom for fun not therapy

C A good amount of it seems to be bad advice discouraging improvement

[diet_poison]

wow I love the background image for this secret. What's it from?