“My fear among people is that I will be judged for revealing what is going on inside me. I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I'm not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay.”Tagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“Like, what if you found out I am really not okay? What if you knew that I am suffering a lot right now and really scared? Would you flee? I don't want to find out.”Tagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I’m not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay. But most people who meet me never know that I am struggling. On the outside I am smiling. I am juggling all the balls of okayness: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, existential.…”Tagged: Social Anxiety, Mental Illness, Okayness, imperfect
“How much mental illness is "acceptable", and how much is going to be "too much"?”Tagged: Mental Illness, Stigma, Society