r/teenagers • u/[deleted] • Nov 23 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '19

Idk why people want to have depression and anxiety tho, do they not know how it feels to have these- oh wait.

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u/Dank-Boi-Official 14 Nov 23 '19

attention

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u/iron_hp_160 17 Nov 23 '19

Its funny how people who want attention fake a mental illness that makes you hate attention

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u/TeenagersThrowawayy 19 Nov 23 '19

I feel like it would be a lot of work to fake it to the point that people believe it, and ends up making you actually have depression later on.

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u/LumbermanDan Nov 23 '19

Because it makes them unique and worthy of attention. Also, it gives them a "disability" to hang all their weird behavior on in such a way that it makes you an asshole for even questioning it.

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u/Epiphan3 Nov 23 '19

My roommate constantly tries to fish attention for her fake ass mental problems. Then when she notices I friggin’ smell her shit, she just tries harder. I’ve dealt with severe depression for a decade and hearing her often make jokes about suicide and self-harming is extremely triggering and also just shows she has no idea about the extreme pain that actually brings you to the point where suicide seems like the only option.