The Problem With Romanticizing Mental Illness
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People of all ages repost memes making fun of depression or TikToks of what they ate while suffering from an eating disorder. There are highly aestheticized accounts of suffering, whether earnest or ironic. Some of them make us laugh, while others inspire us to sort of want these things. What’s going on here? No one ever sees physical illness and thinks, “I want that for myself.” So why’s it different with mental illness? The reality is that your perception of mental health warps how you view your own. And if it’s culturally acceptable to joke about or aestheticize mental illness, it might become an alluring, sexy or desirable condition to have. Do you ever fantasize about being mentally ill despite having no formal diagnosis?
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People of all ages repost memes making fun of depression or TikToks of what they ate while suffering from an eating disorder. There are highly aestheticized accounts of suffering, whether earnest or ironic. Some of them make us laugh, while others inspire us to sort of want these things. What’s going on here? No one ever sees physical illness and thinks, “I want that for myself.” So why’s it different with mental illness? The reality is that your perception of mental health warps how you view your own. And if it’s culturally acceptable to joke about or aestheticize mental illness, it might become an alluring, sexy or desirable condition to have. Do you ever fantasize about being mentally ill despite having no formal diagnosis?
Read the story: https://whatifshow.com/romanticizing-mental-health/
Support: https://www.patreon.com/ApertureYT
Shop: https://bit.ly/ApertureMerch
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToAperture
Questions or concerns? https://underknown.com/contact/
Interested in sponsoring Aperture? inquiries@underknown.com
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