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and what if those pills were fucking prescribed ok
you need to take them
no human is strong enough to fight something so serious it needs like daily pills or something alright
so fuck off
what if i’m not stronger than that
I take pills and this does not make me weak.
People need this stuff sometimes to survive so shame on you for trying to make sick people feel bad about taking MEDICINE.
Whoever made this pic, c’mere. I have some empty prescription bottles that would love nothing better to do than to be chucked at you. My medications are as necessary as food to keep me alive. They’re psychological vitamins and minerals. O, beloved Wellbutrin, Cipralex, trazodone, and clonazepam, you are my D and my C and my A and my amino acids. Go forth, soak in my brain, be absorbed super-fast by my ridiculous liver and be good to my brain meats.
Which reminds me. I need to refill my Wellbutrin.
Wait, really? I am stronger than these pills? Hang my anti-depressants, I’m going to sit in a corner and concentrate on being awesome the next time I have a debilitating migraine instead of taking Excedrin! This is great news! It’ll save me so much money!
(I have to make fun or I will scream and then punch someone. MEDS STIGMA: NOT MY FAVOURITE THING. PLEASE SIT DOWN; YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO ME.)
*eyeroll* Clearly this is specifically targeting people who take medication for mental health difficulties — screw that, more in a second — but it’s not as though those of us who take medication for physical conditions don’t also face these stigmas about the meds that keep them alive/reduce their pain/etc. IT’S NOT A MORAL WEAKNESS TO TAKE MEDICATION THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, OKAY. Especially with regard to rarer/less-understood conditions like fibromyalgia, CFS, and so on, where people can be real douches.
Also, you know what? I consider myself stronger by being on anti-depressants, as it happens. It’s a deeply personal thing that varies wildly, but in my case, going to a doctor and starting citalopram - and more recently moving to venlafaxine - is a sign of strength, because I got the courage to decide that actually? I wanted to live. I’m not a tool of Big Pharma or weak or anything else. I am just a person who needs a little chemical help to go about my day.
I would just like to reiterate this for the umpteenth time. Some people do not need medications to manage their mental illnesses (or other diseases). Many, many people do.
It does not make you weak. In fact, being able to drag yourself out of the mire of illness to seek out help is a huge accomplishment all its own, and managing to keep up on your treatments makes you a very strong person indeed. Stronger than me. Sigh.
(Source: faszez)
