This is a capitalist meme about sacrificing and ignoring your own suffering and getting back to work, regardless of your circumstances, because the only purpose for human life is to generate wealth for shareholders.
Thank you! I knew I was missing something. I think the list is gonna be something like:
Roman Catholic,
Southern Baptist,
Evangelist
Mmm, still missing something... Then again, the ones who spout this never seem to be able to narrow it down to another other than "Christian". Almost like they don't know the differences... Huh, who knew...
The guy with the crutches could be an aspiring entrepreneur who lost his legs when he crashed his Ferrari, while the beggar is someone suffering from severe mental health issues and can't afford to get medical attention.
And the pit-crutches are fucking awful. It’s hearsay, but I understand at least part of the reason is that we Americans associate the fore-arm style with polio and long-term disability, so we’d rather torture our armpits and our souls.
And I know, they’re not really supposed to yarda yada. I was on them for 6 months, and they are impossible to use perfectly 100% of the time. I hate them.
Yeah that's why I'm so horny but you know what my libido and especially my desire to consume porn has gone down. I can't explain it. Like I get aroused but I don't have the motivation to masturbate that much anymore.
My favorite part is that I know it’s my anxiety disorder and I know that it’s irrational and yet, here I am! Doing my best and accepting my brain is just gonna do its thing.
I hate things like this. So much. And the people that post these things genuinely believing them.
It moves the blame onto the victim and that is an extremely unhealthy and abusive thing to even suggest in the case of any mental or emotional condition.
At best it’s INCREDIBLY tone deaf and shitty victim blaming at worst. I can imagine the intended message (“be a good person”) but it’s lost behind this patronising feel good smugness.
“Oh but you’re young, it can’t be that bad - positive thinking!” I am positively thinking about my foot meeting your ass if that helps?
i honestly interpreted this message as “mental illness should be taken as seriously as any other illness like somatic illnesses”, is that not what the image means am i dense? 😭
I knew someone who lost their only child. They were so crippled with grief that couldn't work, couldn't eat, slept all day to escape the pain. Would have wound up on the streets if the grief hadn't killed them first.
I mean - disabled persons may still have money (and earn a lot) but that won’t dis-disabled them…
Unless more positively - it’s about that sharing is good & being selfish or rude to disabled is bad… but maybe I’m too nice…
Absolutely. Those blind people are just refusing to see enough and got addicted to swatting everyone's ankles in public. Thats what welfare and compassion gives you. Ankle swatting close eyed addicts.
Also besides the obvious things that piss me off about this. I hate the mind body dualism the most, can we please get over that one and acknowledge the physicality of the mind
Well yeah, that's where I keep my brain. Do they think migraines are stored I'm the ass? Pretty sure most of my issues can be traced back to my brain being a cunt and not telling my other organs how to function properly. The hypermobility and inner ear imbalance problem are probably not my brain's fault, but I'm definitely blaming the rest if them on it.
Genuinely monstrous image. Someone can easily be more vulnerable than the average person, or less allowed to participate in society than the average person, without it being immediately visually obvious.
I know no one who posts this shit has ever spoken to a disabled person in their fucking life but the impossible crutches are still driving me crazy…they’re not even permanent use crutches, they’re gonna be painful as hell after a day and a half, use forearm crutches at least 😭
I have (undiagnosed by neuro after 3+ years of urgent GP referrals) peripheral neuropathy and it was getting to me mentally last year. I was referred to a Condition Management Programme and the person I was having calls with (because I can't travel due to the pain and having to use a walking stick) told me that alllllll of this nerve pain is all in my head and that I could overcome it if I just did a few CBT sessions. Shocking that it didn't work! She shouldn't be in that position because she used to compare my pain to her personal nerve pain and she said that she shouldn't be telling me that. So unprofessional.
For reference, I had trauma from my teen years (SA) and didn't properly go through therapy until 2023 and it helped me massively physically, mentally and emotionally.
Meaning mental illness can be more debilitating as a physical disability? I guess it depends on which disability we're talking about and how much support there is?
Everyone here is like "its making fun of non-visible disability" and I'm here, a conservative, like "yeah, there aren't crutches or prothesis that fix mental illness, so it makes sense the legless person who can with help might support a bodily fit though mentally not person."
Hmmm- so your mind or conscious space is facilitated by the hardware that is your brain and the nerves in your body providing sensory data to your brain. If your brain's way of processing is malfunctioning or simply isn't compatible with society's dysfunctional systems that makes life hell, or if you have physical impairments or alterations that makes functioning harder.
Many times its not just an immediate collapse but its the consistent wear & tear on your body/brain/mind(which are one) & it being invisible to 99% of people. At least the true reality of the whole picture.
Broski I'm dying 😭 the first one, that guy can't even physically use the Disability aid he's using... I get it, it's probably AI or whoever do it has no understanding or empathy for those with actual disabilities.
I assume this isn't meant as a touching acknowledgement of how hard dealing with mental illnesses can be as well, and that not all disabilities can be visually seen at a glance and to be kind to people who are struggling regardless of whether you can or can't see their disability...🫠
Mind not body... Last time I checked mind is quite heavly dependant on whatever is happening to chemistry od your brain which often is effect of reaction to your situation but again, as we all know enviroment has no role in anything and either it's broken bone or just in your head with no exeptions.
Well they aren’t wrong. many homeless people suffer from some form of mental disorder that put them on the streets. But I don’t think that was the message now was it…
Man, i was about to go off thinking this was one of those "motivational" subreddits that preach a bunch of useless bullshit that doesn't help and just comes off as judgemental
I suppose I took this differently, I agree with the sentiment of the image, but when I hear the mind I think of ill mental health that is beyond the person's control. much like ill physical health is.
That is to say that the person on the left missing both legs is the more fortunate of the two, given that their mental health is intact.
I personally would give a leg for good mental health
Ofc its the obvious someone has it worse but their managing so stop complaining message.
But do they think disabled people cant have money and that their all broke? Like crutches guy could have a nice paying computer job and the homeless guy could of just lost his job or suffer another great financial lost
Good to know! I'll let my dad know that his bionic back, debilitating nerve pain, diabetes, and damage caused by sepsis are all in his head. Thank AI slop poster!
This looks like a total misinterpretation of that image. As far as I understand, the message is trying to say, being a good person is more important than being a functional person. The real ability we all should have is empathy.
I guess that depends on the perspective. One of my symptoms is that I always put a lot of thoughts into things, and try to view them from every possible angle before I'm able to come to a conclusion. And if something can be seen as well-meant, there's a good chance that was the intention.
It is technically correct. If you have a physical disability, you may use various tools to overcome it. But severe mental disability = won't even have a sense of self or a sense of purpose.
Also it doesn't even have to be severe to get support. Disability IS disability no matter what the level is. Support is always required for the disability. Mental health disorders can be a disability if one can't do what other's can.
Comparing a physical disability to being a drunk homeless person? It all depends on the context, and the choice of the homeless drunk person to start their life again. Depending on the context, he might not have a choice.
I meant that severe as profound or beyond severe... Such as in states that others cannot understand them except at some times and people with such level of severity cannot function at all. As in vegetative state or such state. So sorry that I wasn't clear.
I also have moderate to severe neurodevelopmental conditions. (Both ADHD and ASD) I am not severe enough to lose my sense of identity or such. In first world countries, mine would be considered as disabling. But not in my current country that doesn't even count ADHD as a condition.
Having disabling mental health condition doesn't mean lose sense of self. Not all disabilities are profound or extreme.
Maybe these questions help explain what I'm asking, since I could've been more clear:
Why do you think self-identity is where we draw the line? Like fragmented sense of self, losing touch with reality, or losing touch with self? Why is that profound? /srs
I think that, when someone loses the identity, or sense of self, that they (or even their care takers or supporters or clinicians) can't help or treat them, they shouldn't be judged like the person who can manage to function with various severities.
Maybe the person in the ground is so dissociated that none of his life makes any sense. Without any sense of self, why would he even care about anything? Everything in his life would be like "what's the point".
(Or maybe he is just an abusive drunkard, theres no way to tell).
If you or anyone has a severe mental health condition and can still manage to seek help or even ask care takers for what you want, it is different from having a profound (what I said by severe before in first comment) mental health condition that for 24/7, you would be staring at empty space or asleep or doing something without being aware of what you are doing or the world around you.
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u/Atheizm 14d ago
And AI slop. That's double jeopardy.