BIG OL RANT!!!!!!!! D:<

i am extremely tired of people using their mental illness as a personality trait to tack onto themselves like a badge. people will casually overshare such private and personal information, sometimes spreading false facts about the mental illness they have or attempting to make the entire SERIOUS illness come off as a silly joke. like a funky little trait that makes them unique. i understand humor is a way to cope, but it is endlessly frustrating to see it so often when in fact it does negatively effect how people view mental illness, because it is so often shown off as a joke or a little quirky trait by people, and not in fact something serious that really can effect the quality of people's lives. 

"BPD GF", "mentally ill alt girl", "depressed lil emo boy", takes serious mental illnesses that effects people's lives and relationships so much and demotes it to a cute little personality trait. i hear phrases and labels like this so much. i do not understand how people do not see this is making serious mental illness come off as something that simply makes you more interesting or unique, not what it is; a serious, sometimes life threatening thing.