I’ve been a victim of the stigma against mental illness many times in my life, but this was the first time I experienced it from someone else with mental illness.
I was working in an environment with several coworkers who struggled with mental illness, and had become comfortable with them.
At one point I admitted that I struggled with self-harm. A few days later, I learned that another girl, who had scars covering both arms from cutting, said that I was a fake because I claimed to be a cutter.
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