Just Saying,

Now, I just wanna say, that sometimes I say things are people take them the wrong way or think I'm being a heartless bitch. Trust me, I've heard it all before, however, the topic I'm about to talk about is been tip-toed around for so many decades and frankly, I'm sick of it.

I'm going to speak frank about Mental Health.

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Now, incase you haven't read my other blog posts... I suffer from Depression, Anxiety and PTSD. So trust me when I say, I know a bit about Mental Health.

Now, when I was in High School, I had a breakdown.. (one of many to come). A girl had made a comment to me because I didn't side with her. I had recently self-harmed and had a bandage on my arm. She accused me of self-harming "because I wanted attention". She also said I walked around showing off my arm like a prize. Now to put in some context for you..

• I had been fighting with Anxiety and Depression for about a year now.

• My dad had been recently put into hospital for a leg amputation.

• I been suicidal since the age of 10.

But when the teachers found me after my meltdown, they told me that they would sort it out but that said girl was going through her own issues with her step-father. Now before I sound like a cow... I don't wish anyone to have issues with their parents. However, in that moment, and a still hold some of these feelings, in that moment I felt like I wasn't treated the same because I was the girl on the Student Board, I got good grades and I was nice to everyone. The other girl was well known for being problematic. I felt like they treated her with better care than me.

Now the problem with that is, on the next 3 years, I went on to have 3 more breakdowns and I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone about it because no-one really listened the first time.

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I guess what I'm trying to say is, yes the problematic kids at school can have mental health issues, but the ones that do well in school, are polite, on the student board, get academic awards etc can also have mental health issues and it shouldn't matter what type of kid they are, they should be treated the same. Each kid deserves to be heard when something is going on, espically to the point where they are having breakdowns.