Don't Lie to Yourself

Copied from my Facebook page, as I really should have let it out here.  I've been doing better letting things like this out here than there, but my feelings got the better of me.
Eye-opener today: way more people deal with mental disorders than you would believe. They just won't admit it to others or sometimes even to themselves. People wonder why there are most autistic kids now than 20 years ago? I don't think there are. They just didn't have the same diagnosis for them back then. The high-functioning angry ones were "troublemakers", high functioning tearful ones were "wimps", lower-functioning ones were just labeled a word I despise - "retarded." 
But also, I'd bet you know a lot more people who have anxiety disorder, or panic disorder, or OCD, or depression, than you'd think. Those can be easier to hide than some other mental disorders and the dumb stigma makes everyone so worried what people think. And it is true, if you are vocal that you have depression, anxiety, PTSD, you don't hide it, you may lose friends - no wonder people hide it.  I think the more people who are more open and real and truthful about their issues, the more people can be compassionate to themselves and lose a lot of self-hatred thinking they are "freaks" or "weird."
/rant off

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