that i was physically abused in high school (aged 12) by my ‘best friend’. it was a lot of head trauma and strangulation. once i mustered enough courage to report them but i was told they were really struggling with their mental health and got asked if reporting them was really the best thing to do given their mental state. i’ve never told a single sole after that teacher. fast forward to the end of high school, they were in a max security psych ward, i assume after something suicidal or SH related. ever since then, when someone mentions mental health, it reminds me of that trauma and it makes me angry that people blame things on mental health when they are actually just horrible people. to me, all these illnesses are just excuses