When you have two, three, four mental disorders, it becomes increasingly more difficult to ignore them and / or live with them without help / treatment / therapy.

When you have only one ("only" one), you might manage to develop your own coping mechanisms, and somehow "manage" (""manage"") your disorder. The coping mechanisms might be flawed, they might not be doing the full work, but if you add to that that for most of us, we live in an ableist world where going to a therapist when you got a problem is still subject to subjective and discriminative prejudice... yeah.

The less disorders you have, the more they get ignored, both because it is statistically easier to do so with fewer disorders, and because society pressures us to "push through".

So no, they don't come in groups. It's just that they get ignored till' they actually grow to be a group. That's... actually very similar to how a fucking burnout build up.

And for the record, when I say "for most of us, we live in an ableist world where going to a therapist when you got a problem is still subject to subjective and discriminative prejudice"... We all live in a ableist world. What applies to most of us only, is the part where it might be difficult / impossible to socially justify seeking therapy.

- i won’t be the ugly fat friend anymore

- guys (and girls) will like me, not my friends

- i can hug people without being scared of them feeling my stomach

- wearing cropped tops

- wearing tight, body forming dresses and clothing

- being looked at and asked if i want something to eat out of concern

- being cold on 30° celsius days

- someone can carry me

- being picked for a lead in a musical

- my school uniform fitting properly

- thigh gap 🤩🤩

- being able to fit both my hands around my leg without having to stretch

- shopping at op shops and being able to wear everything there

- looking like the characters i so often read about in my books

- walking through the house and not making a sound

- rings fitting my fingers

This picture has been circulating all over social media and I have more to add:

Delete all period cycle tracking apps off your phone today.

Do not tell anyone why you want to take your trip, especially over text/apps.

Do not tell anyone the real state/destination of your trip.

Have everyone on your trip turn off their phones. Use written directions or a burner phone. Do not use burner phone to open any personal apps. Dispose of after trip.

Only use cash while purchasing ANYTHING on your trip.

Take “vacation” photos to post later. Be cautious of geo-tags/only post screenshots of the original photos.