Public service announcement:

ALL MENTAL ILLNESS IS VALID

If you’re white: VALID

If you’re rich: VALID

If you’re a teenager or child: VALID

If you’re heterosexual: VALID

If you’re cisgender: VALID

If you’re able-bodied: VALID

Viewing health in the context of the intersectionality of oppression (i.e. as it interacts with racism, homophobia, transphobia, poverty etc) is hugely important, but that does not mean we get to write-off the struggles of anyone who is living with mental illness. 

Seriously, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts like the below around lately and it’s really upsetting:

gaymzee:

“i’m so depressed,” posted the caucasion heterosexual cisgender teenage girl on her blog

Ok good. Glad we cleared that one up.

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