I’m so tired of seeing clothing that tries to make mental illness into a ‘fun’ fashion statement.
I’m tired of those ‘OCD – obsessive cat disorder’ shirts, the T-shirts that spin schizophrenia as having a hilarious split personality, those ‘bipolar alert’ tote bags.
They all send a very clear message: Your mental illness is a joke.
That’s incredibly damaging. And it’s bloody miserable that this is a message that’s been repeated so many times that seeing it has become so normal it just warrants an eye roll.
The latest item of clothing that’s getting attention for trivialising a very serious condition is a hoodie that’s being sold on Amazon.
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