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We act like these are casual words but they really aren’t funny! We forget these are real disorders not adjectives. At school and work I hear people talk like this, and I have to put on a brave face and act like it doesn’t bother me. But it does. I feel like I can’t say anything and get defensive because people might question why it gets me so mad. I wish when I’m at school and work I didn’t have to hear that; that things would change.
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