Meditation for May 10th, 2016
You Aren’t All That Bad
People claim they have OCD, PTSD or some other mental illness that they read about on legitimize psychological websites such as Buzzfeed and Vice. They get mad at you because you scared them and say, “Don’t do that! I have PTSD!” Or after you putting your cup on the counter next to the sink instead of the sink they exclaim, “No! I have OCD!”
No you don’t. The odds that you have one of these mental Illnesses are rare and if you went this long untreated you’d be much worse. What you have is an excuse to not be an adult and be babied.
Some people have legitimate mental illnesses. I’m not asking people to have a doctor’s note to prove you need to always sit in the back of the room and it isn’t because you just are a scared piece of shit unwilling to get over yourself. I’m just saying stop stealing the needs and support people with real mental illnesses have.
You don’t need a title to be who you are. The difference between someone who is faking it and someone who is really struggling with something is the person faking it is doing nothing for themselves to make it better. If you say you have PTSD and aren’t in therapy, then you are cheating yourself a happier life or a terrible person for lying.
Just be honest and say life scared you or you are a really anal control freak, but don’t just hand it to a undiagnosed mental illness. You are a child refusing to grow up, but you’d rather be mentally challenged than to admit you are a terrible adult.
Remember how funny Howlin’ Mad Murdock was on action TV show the A-Team? Well, it sucked to be him.
Prayer
God,
Could I just blame this short temper on PTSD?
Can I blame this push to have people do their own dishes on OCD?
Can I just say I don’t like this music because I fall on the Asperger spectrum?
Could I possibly not go to work for a few days due to depression?
Maybe not have to talk about my partner a bad argument with my partner because of anxiety?
Maybe I could just blame my parents for my lack of motivation?
I don’t have ambition because I went to public school?
None of my relationships worked because they all had borderline personality disorder?
I need some sort of diagnosis to get away with being a baby man.
Where is my copy of the DSM-5 go?
Amen
Craft
Next time you have a hard time with something, say,
“I’m sorry, I don’t have a lot of experience with this. I’m scared I’ll make a mistake. Will you help me?”
Or
“Man, I overreacted. Something must have scared me. I am so sorry.”
Or
“I really don’t want to see the cup on the counter mocking me with my inability to get up from this couch and put it in the sink so maybe someday I’ll get around to cleaning it. Could you just put it in the sink for me? Out of sight, out of mind. Thank you.”
Or
“I just don’t like this kind of music/scene/smell/food/art/movie/things. I hope you enjoy it, but I just can’t. Maybe I have unrefined taste or too refined of taste, but please, enjoy it.”
Goal
Just be yourself and stop hiding behind made up mental illnesses.
If you have been diagnosed then please disregard this post. I hope you are getting the help, support, love and therapy you need. Let me know if I can help.