you need to support addicts if you want to help mentally ill people
you need to support addicts if you want to help mentally ill people
Addiction does not just come from people who are doing stuff for lols, it usually comes from people in abusive situations, poor areas, or in stressful institutions like school. Addiction comes from trying to escape from something stress-inducing and developing a dependence on it because you don’t have a support system. Addiction comes from when your delusions are too much and you can’t call anyone up about it. Addiction comes from the want to fill the emptiness you can’t stop feeling. Addiction comes from the fact no one talks to you or likes you because you act out in “weird” ways compared to your peers.
it is a side effect of mental illness. In fact, sometimes it can be directly caused by it. People with disorders relating to impulse control problems, such as ADHD or BPD, are especially prone to being addicts and becoming addicted to something.
like. as a former sex addict, I can tell you, I would not have done what I did had I had someone to talk to and vent to. I would not have to suffer several ruined relationships (which made my mental illness worse) because of it. I would not still be feeling the effects of it today, in everything I see, because of it.
So here’s the lowdown: if you don’t like addicts, if you think they’re unworthy of treatment, care, and support, you are ableist and you do not support mentally ill people. You cannot claim to be an ally to anyone if you hate people with addictions and think they are terrible people for what they can’t control.
