This Is What It Feels Like To Live With A Mental Disorder
"Trying to do anything feels like trying to start a car with no gas."
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BuzzFeed Staff
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BuzzFeed Staff
Mental illness can be experienced in a variety of different ways for different people. So we asked a few people to open up about their personal experience with mental illness, and how it has affected their lives.
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For some people, depression can make daily tasks feel impossible.
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Getting out of bed and going to work may seem simple... but if you're depressed, it can feel like the hardest thing in the world to do.
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And the magnitude of someone's depression can waver.
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Others who suffer from depression can feel it weighing them down, both physically and mentally.
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"It gets heavier and heavier, and a little bit harder to deal with... a little bit harder to carry."
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For people with anxiety, their mental disorder can manifest itself in irrational fears and worries...
...And while they recognize their worries may be irrational, they cannot be dismissed.
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For others, anxiety can make them feel out of control.
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"It starts to spin around you until you feel you can't control the things that are worrying you anymore."
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For someone suffering from OCD, it can feel like a cloud around their head.
"It can be busy or less busy depending on how I'm feeling on the day."
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For others, OCD can put irrational thoughts and fears at the forefront of their brain.
"It's all led by fear."
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People who suffer from ADHD can feel almost robotic at times.
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"But if you went into the mind of the robot... it's just a bunch of Katy Perry songs and old childhood memories."
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