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People talk about mental health treatment as if they hand it out on the street corner for free. IT'S FAR FROM FREE!! I have a friend who went to see a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia, he was involuntarily sent to a mental ward for 3 days and was left with a $1200 bill after. His insurance covered 80% of the bill. I can't afford that, and I don't have health insurance. I find it tragically ironic that people suffering from mental disorders have the hardest time finding and keeping a job yet mental health care is ridiculously expensive, and they wonder why most homeless people struggle with mental illness.

I tend to talk about my mental struggles on the internet because it's the best I have, it's not good, but it's pretty much all I got. I don't talk about it with family and friends because I was abused by my family and they're the main reason for my disorders and I have no friends because of my disorders.

I NEVER EVER say "I have" I always say "I struggle symptoms of" because I'm not properly diagnosed. I have a good idea of what I may have, but I'm not an expert, so I don't think I have the credentials to diagnose myself.

Also, nobody knows me in real life, so I don't use my mental illness as a tool or a weapon. Most people who know me in real life don't know what I struggle with and even with the people who know, I don't talk about it much. People who use and weaponize their mental illness disgust me.