Hey Pandas, What's Something You Wish People Understood More?

Mental health. They are not seen with equal importance as physical health

2 things:

If you r talking to me, and i stop speaking...
I am NOT ignoring you..
Im just tired of talking

Also if you ask me something and i take a while to answer...
I am not dumb, or sick...
I am just very tired :3

Being on time. It may not mean much, but it is a great first impression. Especially if you’re going to an interview or a meeting because arriving on time all the time shows that you are reliable. Also arriving on time for a date again makes a great first impression.

Just bc I’m a witch, doesn’t mean I worship several gods or any gods at all. This drives me low key crazy when people find out I’m a witch and assume I do deity work.

Mistakes are mistakes if someone messes up then don't hate them for eternity (true story btw)

Personal fu*king space. Don't breathe on my neck or I'll kick your teeth out. It's getting worse and worse. I always feel creeped out and claustrophobic. What the hell is the problem with standing in a proper distance? I could be at work going through contracts with a customer and the other customer would just stand NEXT TO THEM. How did some people not mentally develop past 5yo? It's my most massive pet peeve. It's literally not that hard to have manners jfc.

Anxiety is not something I can control, nor my reaction to it. I'm not angry with you, but if you keep pestering me while I'm trying to calm down I'm probably going to snap at you. I get sensory overload and just need some peace and quiet for an hour or two, please just let me go and destress. No, its not you. No I'm not mad. Stop asking before you make me mad. Christ.

The difference between religion and spirituality.
Sure you're not religious. Me neither. That doesn't exclude me from a search for deeper meaning, a greater understanding of what all this really is about.

blunt honesty is better then a kind lie.

I recently had a person tell me to "Just get over it and push through" but it's not that simple with my diagnosis. I wish more people understood that depression affects the sufferer in so many ways big and small. It has taken and continues to take so much of life and what I enjoy doing away from me. I want to do some things and really need to do other things but I just can't. It's not laziness but a total lack of desire and caring about my surroundings. It immobilizes me to the point that I just can't get moving.
I am not a lazy person but someone who enjoys cleaning things (so much that I used to have a cleaning business where I cleaned people's homes and offices), sewing/making jewelry, gardening and being busy! However, when my clinical depression acts up, I lose my ability to be interested in all these things. I want to be doing the things I love but I just can't.
I really wish that society could understand that the life we live with depression is not a choice but is forced on us by a brain illness. as much as I want to "get over it and push through" it doesn't work like that.
Before anyone ask's yes, I am getting counseling and yes, I do take my psychotropic medication.

People at my school do this- and it makes me want to just… smash their face with a frying pan… but they joke about cancer, and their dads leaving them. (Even though they did not!) They do this with some other things as well.. it just infuriates me! Those are real problems, happening to real people it’s not a joke!

Torrettes Syndrome. No, exposing me to my triggers will not "make them stop".

Mental health. They are not seen with equal importance as physical health

Just because someone might seem weird to you at first, or closed off, does NOT mean that they are not worth getting to know, and does NOT mean that they are not smart, and do not have interesting things to say! From someone with severe mental health issues as well as SPD and ADHD who is definitely viewed as strange because those are "Invisible problems," Make an effort to find and get to know other strange people, a lot of them are actually even more interesting to talk to than people who are considered 'normal', and often even, dare I say, more intelligent/wiser (at least from my perspective) and just might need a little help getting into a social situation. Best advice? Be patient, and make it clear that you do, actually want to talk to them (I can say from experience that this can be a struggle for some people to understand,)

Christianity. Some people think they know everything about us when they've never opened a Bible. A lot of people I've seen on here have no clue what they are talking about, trying to argue about what the Bible says. People make things up or twist things in the Bible to make us look bad, when they're not true!

I'm not trying to make it seem like we've got the most hate and woe is me and all that- cause a lot of you are knowledgeable and kind- I'm just saying. If you must start a argument in the comment section just read a few Proverbs first.

OCD. its not just wanting everything to be clean all the time. There are many different types. Its not "Quirky" to say " Im so OCD" Its a real mental struggle

Мы не новички в любви
Вы знаете правила, и я тоже (я)
Полное обязательство - это то, о чем я думаю
Вы бы не получили это от любого другого парня
Я просто хочу рассказать тебе, как я себя чувствую
Должен заставить вас понять
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль
Мы так давно знаем друг друга
У тебя болит сердце, но ты слишком застенчив, чтобы сказать это (сказать это)
Внутри мы оба знаем, что происходит (происходит)
Мы знаем игру, и мы будем играть в нее
И если вы спросите меня, как я себя чувствую
Не говори мне, что ты слишком слеп, чтобы видеть
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль
Мы так давно знаем друг друга
У тебя болит сердце, но ты слишком застенчив, чтобы сказать это (сказать это)
Внутри мы оба знаем, что происходит (происходит)
Мы знаем игру, и мы будем играть в нее
Я просто хочу рассказать тебе, как я себя чувствую
Должен заставить вас понять
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль
Никогда тебя не брошу
Никогда не подведу тебя
Никогда не буду бегать и бросать тебя
Никогда не заставлю тебя плакать
Никогда не попрощаюсь
Никогда не буду лгать и причинять тебе боль