Attention concerned friends: yes, I am mentally ill, no, I will not go on a rampage or spree and stab you, shoot you, run you down in a car, push you in front of a subway, begin taking orders from your dog, eat you, drug you, light you or your property on fire (although; *pretty*), strangle you, poison you, kidnap you, sell you, look through your garbage, steal your under things from the clothes line, throw poop at you, make you eat boogers while you sleep, alert you to the ghosts in your home only I can see, exchange your salt for sugar or vice versa.
I WILL *sometimes* be a pissy pants for no reason, cry, say things that don't make sense and aren't in order, take my meds, be a recluse, not want to talk or text or even comment on FB, have pity parties for myself, be morbid, laugh inappropriately, not dress well, have weird interests, weird habits, weird urges to touch things, etc. Hear things you don't, see things you don't, smell things you don't, talk too much or not at all, "space off" (dissociate), and any other number of harmless but different things that won't hurt anyone or anything.
I just thought I would clarify since people with Mental Illnesses seem to be up to a lot of mean & horrible things lately and I didn't want you to think we're all just massacres waiting to happen.
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