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Why are we normalizing having a terrible sleep schedule?
Why are we glorifying EDs and mental illnesses in general?
Why are we normalizing having a 8+ hour screentime a day?
Why are we normalizing never exercising?
Why are we normalizing not socializing outside of the internet?
I could go on and on but you get the point. It genuinely concerns me how commonly I meet people, especially people my age (teens) doing all these unhealthy things and talking about them as if they were normal.
Teenagers are still growing. We are the ones who need 8-10 hours of sleep a day, enough and healthy food, exercise, etc. the most.
And the glorification of mental illness on the internet is the worst of them all. Did society learn nothing from early 2010s tumblr? I mean I was a child at the time but I've heard enough from older people who were active during that time to understand how harmful it was
You guys don't realize how much you influence young teenagers by posting romanticized videos of mental illness. For example; If 11 year old me never discovered sh on social media I would've never tried it out.
I'm better now so dw, but now I have to live with these scars forever. At the end of the day it was my decision yes, but if a person constantly sees a glamorized version of certain things like ed, sh, etc. they can get influenced really quickly, again, especially young folks
and it's not just romantasized posts, it can also be just "normal" vent tik toks. I get that if you have nobody to talk to about your problems, the internet can help, but still, please stop. When I was depressed I scrolled on vent tik tok for hours and obviously it made me even more depressed
But back to unhealthy habits; no, having a terrible sleep schedule and being tired all day is NOT normal. No, never exercising and having chronic back pain at 14 is NOT normal. No, eating less than 1400 calories or over 2000 calories a day is NOT NORMAL. (counting calories shouldn't be normalized either, but it's about how much and what type of food people eat)
Stop pretending like those things are normal. They're harmful.
The internet used to be such a beautiful place and now it's leading people into EDs and doing sh..
Sorry for having like 0 structure btw I just had to rant about this
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AgentK
because they do it for attention and because they think its cute and funny (consciously or otherwise)
Shana
No its actually ridiculous. I hate how much its glamorized to such an extent to the point where people can become friends based off of it. Although its bad, im afraid its going to continue due to the internet being the forefront of society.
realfancyb1tch
i h8 seeing ppl romanticize sh and ED's its so weird to me, its also happening a lot with BPD and bipolar which i think is just gross and weird cuz its not sumthing to see as "cute" or "quirky" like WHATTTT
exactly wth
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
I don't get proships (its basically all ships with issues or smth), people really support abusive relationships
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Ina
I agree to a certain extent. Those that glorify those things are either wanting attention (which may stem from personal issues as well) or they don't actually understand how those things work or it's just normal to talk about these things.
I get that some people talk about mental illness in a diary/journal kind of way, not necessarily to romanticize, but more so to express themselves.
I don't know how some people want to have them, but to each their own ig. I really don't want to feel like ass everyday and the struggle is real.
For example,
I once seen a whole threat on a site (I don't remember which one), but the user was talking about wanting to have GAD because it would make them cute (?). Because GAD = tee hee quirky and nervous (ig?)
No. GAD is not fun at all. Just imagine waking up and being a good mood then opening your phone and seeing a picture of a tropical island on your Pinterest feed and then getting upset that it must be freaking hot in there, but if you try to go in the water you might drown, and you don't know what drowning is like except for that time where the sea almost dragged you with it, but it was in a colder area, which, btw, if you get too cold, you'll also die because ice is frozen water and it's transparent. Which means, it can reflect sunlight and burn you, but light comes from certain things like the sun or the core of the planet. And the sun is a ball of gas in space that has enough gravitational pull to keep everything in orbit but your stupid anxious head thinks that at any moment, a blackhole will appear and stretch everything like SPAGHETTI!!
Yeah.... this isn't fun at all. Overthinking is terrible. fuck GAD. And screw those people in the thread.
vicky ฅ^._.^ฅ
this is so true!! and it rlly shows when people switch up whenever mental illness isnt "aesthetic", if precious looked different i swear people would be making aesthetic edits over lana del ray songs abt her instead of joking abt her
xx_Emiko
lol maybe as someone with mental health issues it pusses me off when other people tell me about there’s who aren’t my friends. Like I know they’re doing it for attention but I personally don’t even care. Keep it to yourself or share this thing that is very personal with your friends??
exactly.. I get that they have their reasons, if someone for example sh for attention, it's still sh and they have their reasons, but it can trigger others and give people ideas to do the same.. I experienced that TWICE with my own 2 eyes irl, and was like I said influenced myself..
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
pedroxx
I don't know, I hope I helped :D
Niko
at the end of the day. they all just want attention. feel bad for them tbh. they need to get some friends to give them healthy attention without the glamorized unhealthy behavior.
good point
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Jesse<3
I tbh feel bad for them but at the same time they might be just doing it for views and actually trust me some of them are weird once one those ppl started talking w me and actually asked me if i trade????
that's actually insane
I kinda feel bad too, but it's kind of the same as if you'd treat people like shit and then blame it on your mental illness. like I get that these people are mentally ill and they're doing it for a cry of help or smth like that but it doesn't change the fact that they're still glamorizing mental illness and harming others
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
tskilv
finally someone said it. you actually start feeling like the only sane person here how notices this unhealthy stuff. disgusting really
Aster
When i was like 7 i got into ED because of the internet. 7 and going to the hospital almost every day to check my stomack. Even today i cant eat a normal quantity of food or i just v0mit. It is serious, and no matter how these people glorify these it will always be a problem that is only getting worse and worse. (Also i do not have ED anymore so no need to worry, i got better than that)
AT 7?? that's actually insane damn
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Lila
i hate those people who post ED content on Tiktok. Like theres a lot of little kids on the app.Tik tok really needs to have better moderations.
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by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Siohtuom
I think it mostly comes from People who don't actually have those Diseases and think it is an ''interesting Quirk", they can add to their Personality. Genuinely having Mental Illness is terrible and has led to incredibly bad Life Choices and Setbacks on my Part repeatedly because I wasn't really in Control of my Actions.
ong
I also find it kind of disrespectful, I have ADD and I used to see so many people on tik tok especially glamorize so much and calling it "silly" like mf
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
'*•.¸♡ Ethan♡¸.•*'
For real like and i feel like because people tried normalizing the types of ED you don't eat or try to lose weight quickly we forgot about the types where you eat more than you need. And i too tried sh because someone on Pinterest madenit look okay. I'm trying to to be clean and to work out more and just be healthier in general but it's hard because i got used to barely getting any sleep, spending all day on my phone and doing nothing but eating and rotting around in my room. I also hope less people get influenced into bad habits like these. (Btw writing this at 4.30 in the morning i feel like this was a call for me to go to sleep and thus I'll do that)
It's great to hear other people are trying to get healthier too(˶ˆᗜˆ˵) good luck
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Thanks u too <3
by '*•.¸♡ Ethan♡¸.•*'; ; Report
Thanks u too <3
by '*•.¸♡ Ethan♡¸.•*'; ; Report
OwlLipgloss
I am in the process of healing and recovering from the unhealthy life I've lived for up to a decade at this point. It concerns me how normalized it is and I find it especially strange how I tended to not think much of it. I know very well people online that were my age then think the same way of it not being a big deal. Spending so much time online and indulging in social media really screwed with me.
It breaks my heart seeing how there's spaces where SH and other forms of bodily harm are normalized as someone who has thought of herself as less and knows the lasting effects of thinking with an unhealthy mind. Minors should not be subjected to such things. In fact. nobody should. None of this kind of behavior should be encouraged and glamourized.
right?? it's really concerning.. and good luck on getting better (˶ˆᗜˆ˵) much love
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
pocono
this is so real. i was honestly shocked when one of my friends told me i was probably the only person in our grade with a healthy night routine/sleep schedule (usually 9 or 10 to 5 in the morning). like guys can we get a fucking grip now so we aren't fucked up in the future??
exactly
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Painter!!!!
yeah it's sad, in a lot of websites like Tumblr it's normalized to have EDs, and the moderators do nothing about it... what they do instead is put a nsfw warning on images of fat people, like literally just mirror selfies that are like " check out my new outfit :D "
I recommend trying to ignore, block and distance yourself from the places of the internet where people tend to be ignorant and end up glorifying mental illnesses and being unhealthy (COUGH COUGH tiktoks obssesion with BPD girls COUGH COUGH)
absolutely
I agree
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
loish
First, im sorry for my bad english, im good reading, not talking or writing them. Well, i tink that alway in then history of internet being unhelthy was glorified. III think that in part, itw because people want someone that understand them, but in maje a group ina app o ñr similar is WORSE xd I have an ED, and i was so deep in edtwt, at first for feeling not alone, but finally, onky incrrase the problem...
dw your english is fine (ദ്ദി˙ᗜ˙)
exactly
I completely understand that talking about your problems or reading about them online can help and can make you feel like your not alone/understand it better, but the way people talk about it only decreases the problem.
I feel like talking about it itself isn't the problem it's more about HOW people talk about it. Openly talking about sh/ed/depression/etc is in no way a bad thing, I just wish it was more informative and neutral..
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Störti
Back in my teenage years problems like these weren't really an issue. I wouldn't go so far to state, they were totally unknown, but they occurred so rarely, that nobody spoke about.
Now that I'm older, I suffer a lot of those issues myself. Though I'm not actually that old I feel like I was in my 70s. I have diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, depression, back pain and a severe lack of sleep.
I sleep in homeopathic doses, to say so. This (and all the other aches and pains) are the results of decades of shift working.
Well... approximately eight years till retirement...
Ich weiß ehrlich gesagt nicht was ich besser finde.. ich finde es zwar gut das man heute offener darüber redet aber wie gesagt das bringt manchmal leute auf ideen
das beste währe einfach offen darüber zu reden aber wenn dann wirklich nur neutral
und ich hoffe diese 8 jahre gehen schnell vorbei, ich will mir diese probleme gar nicht erst vortsellen ╥﹏╥
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report
Das schöne (was aber auch ein Fluch sein kann) am Älterwerden ist ja, daß man ein beschleunigtes Zeitempfinden hat. Als Kinder saßen wir im Auto und waren kaum vom Hof, da hieß es schon, "sindwa endlich dahaaa?!" Später machst du dir Gedanken über die Zukunft, die ja "noch eeewig weit wech ist."
Und dann? "Wie jetzt?! Du studierst??? Ich hatte dich doch 'neulich' erst als lütten Dötz aufm Arm!" Desrum, für mich gehen die acht Jahre wesentlich schneller rum als für dich - also gefühlt zumindest...
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Sex Bom-omb33
For real because if I hadn't found 2020 ed tumblr id probably be a lot more normal.
damn (｡•́︿•̀｡)
by Isa (˶′◡‵˶）; ; Report