Mental Illness as Insult

The worst thing about being online is being exposed.

When it comes to social media, I never garnered much attention. I always thought I made fun and funny posts. Rather that be on OG websites like xanga or newer iterations, like Facebook or most recently Twitter. I admit I was scared of the site until Elon Musk bought it because I'm insane, but I really enjoy the trans community there. Black twitter has made a comeback in my feed with the more black folks I've added but the hate is real no matter where you find someone to agree with.

There's entire communities that shame and mock people for an illness such as mine. These are 'leftist' spaces who go on about people being 'schizo' in a derogatory way. Given the fact trans existence is questioned by most, simply written off as a mental illness, it does not bode well for me.

Sure, I'm not trans but I'm something the right and the left have agreed is the absolute worst example of humanity: schizo/mentally ill. 

I didn't understand the whole gender obsession when it first started bugging people. When I stopped being fed trans hate videos on youtube and started exploring trans voices, the confusion was ripped away.

They're just people.

It's not my job to ponder the existence of an entire group of people, that leads to a bad way, every time. This wouldn't even be humanities first rodeo in regards to criminalizing someone's identity. It needs not be explained how dire this situation is becoming. When you look at the measures being taken and the crimes committed. The lies being spread and the cesspool of hate breeding across the world. I'm left to wonder what ended ww2 and what ww3 would look like with all the new tech coming out +nukes. If humanity is slated to go extinct because we're filthy little hairless apes, then I can't imagine us surviving such an event. 

I would be executed or imprisoned well before all that pops off, if intuition serves me well. Not only do I hate the way our society is structured, I'm vocal about it. Worst still, I have a severe mental health condition that could easily be deemed "too risky for society" based solely off a diagnosis. There are actual problems in society: abusive parents, abject poverty, literal slavery and a woefully unjust justice system. They're all linked.

What's worse than all that?

How could anyone loop an entire group of people into those blights on humanity? It's simply a distraction from the real issues. I hate hearing stories about parents 'selling' their children to wealthy men for money.  I hate hearing how women have gotten passes from the legal system for molesting their children for famous men. I hate how difficult it can be to get rapists thrown in jail, may they be child rapists or the "normal" strain of violent offenders plucking women off the street. 

I think a lot of people aren't self aware or too jaded to even consider that these problems aren't easily washed away. Our society won't improve the second trans people aren't allowed to exist anymore, yet far too many fall victim to this brain rot as it's easy. It doesn't solve anything, it just leads to another marginalized group being targeted and another, then another.

People are not infallible. 

I believe in rehabilitation but as with raising children, it takes a village to heal someone. I don't believe trans people are broken because if I were to do such, I'd have to admit I'm broken too. I'm just a product of my environment. If xyz didn't happen when they did, I wouldn't be who I am today. I imagine that's much the same with these individuals. There may be some genetic components, may not, but the moment we strip anyone the right to decide how they live their life on that scale, we've lost the plot.

Why invent repercussions for actions that are so miniscule to your life or others?

See; If I don't seek treatment for my mental illness, I could end up dead, homeless or in prison. There isn't really any institutions today that exist for long-term mental health care outside of the penial system.

I can't be my authentic self without multitudes of people in my life I either pay for help or was blessed to be raised with.  If I don't take my medication, which took a long time to find, I can't function in society.

By asserting that someone shouldn't take medication that helps them "or else" you're making up reasons for someone to fit into a box that shouldn't exist. Women can do more than make babies and I'm tired of being told we can't. I've had arguments with people online anonymously in video game lobbies about being a woman, person didn't like being beat by a girl. It's just insanely hostile to the point I don't like playing video games that much. I would love to go to the gym but don't want to deal with creepy guys. I would like to be able to leave the house at night and not be afraid of being raped because that would be my fault... ?

If someone wants to live that life x10 then the problem isn't their existence. If someone wants to opt out of that uncomfortable reality, what's the REAL issue? By focusing on the individual we just make femininity more of a burden, not less. 

Let me share an anecdote before I close this down. My mother was shocked when she heard about artificial wombs, she's under the impression that men would just kill every woman off if they didn't need us to continue the species.

I'm not so convinced but I do see her point.

Trans people have been around as long as society has and so have the mentally ill, there's literally no way to eliminate that reality outside of nuking reality out of existence. What's the point in that?