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Published: 2010-10-12 20:20:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 20631; Favourites: 1547; Downloads: 41
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If I could "just get over" my anxiety or bipolar disorder, don't you think I would have already? They're not doing me any favors. I've had people tell me that I just need to 'get over' my anxiety and Avoidant PD and start dealing with people.Yeah, cool, I'll do that. Except for the whole dehabilitating panic attacks thing and ensuing panic attacks when returning to the situations that caused the first one...
Don't tell people to "get over it" if they have a mental illness. It doesn't work like that.
Should you let it rule your life and use it as an excuse for everything? No. But can you just "get over it" and start living problem-free? Not really.
Besides, do you really think you're the first person who came up with the idea of asking someone to "just get over it"?
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my teacher asked me why i was always lashing out at small comments about me or my work, i told her "its because i ve bi polar disorder can you leave me alone?!" i felt bad for shouting but then she teared my fucking diary in half from out of my bag and screamed "GET OVER WITH IT YOU MENTAL PRICK"Β
i cried and ran out of class.
SHE WAS FIRED THE NEXT DAY 
its hard to believe there is horrible teachers like that nowadays...
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that crap βteacherβ deserved that lmao!Β Β
and really sorry that happened to you.Β Β
but yeah wtf is up with our teachers these days...im actually feeling quite lucky for having decent teachers now...Β
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Yuuup
Thanks for watching me btw
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your welcome~
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your stuff is cuteΒ Β
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Thanks! It's quite gay tho.....
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My parents keep telling me to get over my ADD, specifically my inattention.
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People think that telling someone to "get over it!" can automatically solved any problems? Well then, if that's the case, let me help "solve" problems without even caring. Did your dog/cat accidentally went missing? Well then, stop whining since you can just get an another pet lol. Did your best friend accidentally broke their leg and can't play football for months? Well then, they should suck it up since football is just a sport and it could've been worse. Is your mother/father dying of a life-threatening Β cancer? Well, they should stop dying since it's just an illness anyone can get it too.
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I usually verbally strangle someone who says that to me. People eventually learn.
"Why are you always sad? Get over it!" No, how about you go fuck a blender. It's called "depression". It's a disease, it can't be cured, it's hard to manage. How do I manage mine?
Get mad. At everything.
You tell me to get over my anxiety? I'm probably going to tell you how much of a garbo human being you are.
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i've had teachers (and some students) tell me to get over my anxiety and ADD.
like bitch??? its already a struggle to talk to someone outside my own damn home, let alone online. 
(off note; several teachers thought i was either VERY lazy or mentally disabled cuz i wasn't keeping up with everyone. hell they made me do work sheets on hygiene and 'lady problems' as well as talked to me about sex and i'm like "um i already know these things? why tf are you teaching me things i alreadyΒ know? only had one cool teacher who let me draw for special ed. and was gonna give me manga but never did.)
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My first therapist told me to "get over" my PTSD
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I hope that therapist got fired.
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He didn't, but he generally isn't well liked : /
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Oh yeah, I'm "making an excuse" when I don't go to an event because I feel bad; I'm "attention seeking" when I'm feeling paranoid because of anxiety and ask ridiculous questions; I'm "emo trash" for having depression; I'm "edgy" for having anxiety; I'm a "drama queen" when I get a panic attack...... I could choose to "get over it", but I love the attention it gets me, right? Because other people in the world have "real problems", right?
sorry, not sorry. Those are the people who are a disgrace to us with actual problems (I'm not saying other people don't have worse problems; that would be the worst kind of victimising. But anyone can get mental illness. You can be in a poor country, or in England. You can be a poor farmer with a love for life, or an old greedy miser who hates himself and is constantly paranoid). I'm a gentle heart but I kinda hope you get depression someday and have to deal with this sh*t... and then I can tell you that you're an attention whore, excuse making emo bitch.
In short, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS STAMP. Hope. In humanity. Restored.
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mm sorry bitch but everyone knows leukemias just some made up shit to be special and for doctors to take your money 
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"lol get over it"
"we can't all be neurotypical, karen :/"
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I wish my parents knew this, and other people. I feel like my therapists are the only people who get that.
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I know the feeling all too well myself. Having an anxiety disorder and being bipolar myself, I hear that a lot. The "normal" people (I hate that term...) think that if we try hard enough and pretend the world is peaches and daisies, then our "problems" will go away. Sorry (not sorry) to tell you, but 1) there is not such thing as normal, 2) the world isn't peaches and daisies, and 3) it's not like we have complete control over this.
I have a very difficult time making friends and talking to people due to my social phobia, so I tend to sit alone and put my music on to block out as much of the outside world as possible. I can hardly handle leaving the house some days, my anxiety is so bad. I manage as best as possible, but people still tell me to "get over it". Pisses me the heck off.
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"Get over it"
"I'm trying, man, I'm fucking trying..."
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I've been told to get over my anxiety.
Yeah, I get anxious almost everywhere, but I'm not scared to punch your pretty little face until you're anxious to go out with all the looks at your bloody and bruised face.
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Oh, I know. Come with me, lets punch the death out of this cruel world...
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Anxiety is a pain right? Always hiding in the back of your mind... comes out when you least expect it and makes the world seem like a jungle.
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Honestly, I have BPD, and I rarely ever mention it. I am pretty bitchy as it is, but when I know that it's just my mental illness 'acting up', per se, I will apologize and explain that it's BPD.
But then there's the people that say "Just get over it"
and
I just
Why??
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PREACH IT! People tell me to "get over" my social anxiety disorder. What the fuck?Β
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Yeah, I was at disney with my cousin and we were talking about my social anxiety disorder. He told me, "I had that last year. Trust me, it's all in your head. You just have to get over it sooner or later."
I'm not gonna lie, it kinda ticked me off, but I just didn't say anything.
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I don't blame you.
Seems like he doesn't understand Social Anxiety. You should have him research it to understand your feeling s more. It might help.
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