Hey Pandas With A Disability Or Disorder, What’s The Worst Thing Someone Has Said To You About It? (Closed)

I have bulimia. Told a friend when it was pretty bad and got told “well, you’re fat so it’s probably a good thing”

I have depression and anxiety. Things I've been told include:

•It's all in your head.
•You just want attention.
•Stop being so dramatic.
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•Why don't you just kill yourself? (I have a bad history with self harm)
•You need to stop taking everything so literally. People are just joking.
•It's not that big of a deal.

I'm 15 and I have to deal with these things every day. Don't ever let anyone ever invalidate how you feel just because they don't like it. Remember that you are loved, even when you don't feel like it. Us here on the internet are always here for you. Don't forget it.

My husband not me but I was there. He is disabled. Stage 3 brain cancer, terminal. When we were applying for his disability status we were told he would not qualify for Medicare for 24 months after getting approved for disability. The clerk looked him in the face and told him he would be dead before it kicked in. SS office clerk.

Got ADHD and I was told:
-that I am not trying hard enough
-that I make others uncomfortable
-that my experiences are just normal by people who don't have it
-I am being lazy
-I am making excuses
-I need to be on par with regular people despite it
-that I am too much
-to stop for once
-that I was dramatic for panicking while doing normal things
-"A" has ADHD but they act like this, are you sure you have it?

ADHD impacts people differently, believe me when I say many people don't accommodate for you.

I deleted their message and muted them, but someone essentially told me that "I was being over-dramatic, I was offending people with depression because I self-diagnosed (I didn't?), I should get real help instead of begging for pity and attention, and I was causing people to kill themselves" all because of the mini depression meter I have on one of my bios.

I spent my early teen years dealing with severe scoliosis, so I have a few pre-surgery and post-surgery.

Pre: My sister used to get onto me for not standing straight in photos, (my spine was literally the shape of an S, I was as straight as I could get) and said I was ruining them all on purpose.

My mom used to constantly joke that I was walking like I was pregnant, when in actuality I was resting my hand directly on my bottom curve.

Post: I had a teacher who threatened to fail me for missing field trip assignments that took place during the middle of my three month recovery from spine surgery. I left the house a grand total of once the entire time, towards the end. To go see a movie on my birthday, and it nearly killed me. Not going to lie, I don’t even know how it all resolved. I freaked out so badly I cannot even remember what happened next, other than she was full of it and wasn’t allowed to fail me.

I also had a gym teacher the next year who I don’t think believed I ever had surgery, despite my doctor's note, and the massive scar on my back, and every other girl in class who I changed out with vouching for me. She just thought I was lazy.

Those were the extremes but I’ve had a few comments on my scar as well.

I have anxiety, depression and ptsd. I’ve been told, by my mother it’s all in my head, or it’s just a phase or to not “get addicted” to my medication. Or better yet, to calm down it will all get better eventually. It’s an invisible disability, and a lot of people don’t think it’s a real one.

ADHD and anxiety, like The Lazy Poki, here my list for anxiety - that's not a real disability, just don´t worry, Take some belly breaths(Like thanks Deborah but I´m not 5 and that doesn´t work for me.), stop breathing so fast it makes me panic! (While I was going to pass out because of hyperventilation that I couldn't control.)-For ADHD - You don´t have that! you can´t. It´s not a real thing so stop being silly, JUST F*****G FOCUS, You are faking it. I can tell because I have it.- Like damn people, you seem like you are more mentally challenged than me.

So, I'm 90-ish% sure I have ADHD and probably autism but, I'm a girl so who knows (Girls are better at masking, so it's harder to tell if they have autism). So, I have been working from home and haven't been doing very well (As you can tell rn, I'm supposed to be in math) And so my grades aren't great. I haven't had any bad experiences with that because most of the people my age in the area are fine with it... except for maybe my grandma, but shes too nice to say anything.

The worst thing anyone has said was: "You can't be anxious" It was teacher that said this to me after I told them I was anxious because of a big test. I also heard from my friend she's homophobic

I have anxiety that I have to take medication for, and when I get any mildly strong emotion or stimuli my hands start flapping and I shake my legs. I have broad shoulders and a big chest for my age (but not at ALL overweight). Here are some things that have been said to me:
- Your embarrassing us! (when I started flapping)
- Kiss your dreams of acting goodbye! No one hires fat people. (after I ate my dessert a little fast)
- My parents always give me the stink eye whenever I flap or “tap-dance” in public
- What the h-e toothpicks (but actually) is wrong with you?!
I know it’s not that bad but it still hurts

I have PTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, depression, and I have some small problems with my legs that make them twitch a lot because of a birth defect.

- You don't need help
- you're fine
- just calm down
- just breathe
- it's weird that you twitch
- Just focus it's not that hard!
- Be more like them!
- Shut up
- be happier

It's really hard with all of these not going to lie, they discourage me a lot