This is not a movie

Not every mental illness is about:

Bathtubs filled up with blood


Punching the wall


Being strapped down on a metal bed

Straightjackets


Going around cursing people


Smashing a mirror in the ground


Screaming with no reason in the middle of the street


Windows with iron bars


Being put to sleep with tranquilizers and a syringe 


Stalking pleople 


Setting things on fire


Being haunted by shadows


Predicting death and tragedies


Being locked up in a nuthouse and trying To escape

I hate it when I tell someone that I have OCD, depression, I'm bipolar, self harm or anything, or that I go to the shrink and take meds and they give me the "really?? YOU??" Or "you don't look like someone who has mental illness", "you don't look crazy/ sick", "you look normal"

Once I even got a "You are not Bipolar... All bipolar people are locked in mental hospitals and they all have homicidal tendencies".
I give up