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4:12pm May 28, 2014

thisisableism:

Ableism is mentally ill people having to “act the part” to get taken ‘seriously’ (as if) by the medical industry. 

I do my makeup to look “sicker”. I know people who have had to shave their heads to be admitted to inpatient, or who go to the ER in stocking feet so the doctors don’t just brush them off.

They don’t give a fuck how we feel, they care how we look and act outwardly. We don’t matter unless we make other people uncomfortable and then they just want to make us go away. 

 

Ableism is also when, after having “acted the part” for a long time, you get accused of “faking for attention” – for the rest of your life, if necessary.  It’s a no-win situation.  And it never ends.  Especially if you ever, ever confess to having acted the part for any reason at all.

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    Also, once you do “look the part”, people treat you as if you’re unintelligent or dangerous.
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    Ah, but you have to be careful, because if you look mentally ill when you, say, have pneumonia, they will admit you to...