This isn't a joke

Okay so,... i've noticed a recurring theme in other blogs and posts, here and on Tumblr and Facebook among others.

Regardless of their intentions or whether they didn't mean it badly or simply didn't think about the joke they were making...

I can't stress this enough: 

Don't JOKE about things like:

*SUICIDE
*selfharm
*
*abortion
*cancer

There are other things out there that i might add to the list later,

but please people. Think about it before you make a joke out of something that a lot of people actually struggle with in real life. 

I was shocked because i've actually been ually assaulted in the past AND i've struggled with selfharm and the urge to kill myself when i was depressed not 3 years ago.

I'm doing much better now, i got myself professional help so i can honestly say i'm good now. But that doesn't mean that i can just forget what happened. And that definitely doesn't mean that i can ignore things like this.

Look

I don't want to be someone that whines and es about all these sort of things.

And i'm not ranting this because i'm super angry or something.

But i do think that joking about subjects like these is in poor taste ESPECIALLY when it is posted in public where everyone can read it, including the people who suffer under these catagories. It's inconsiderate and basically you make fun of their struggles.

Now i know that most of you don't mean it like that. 

and perhaps you read this and think: why is he ing about it so much? it was a joke, god lighten up or smthing.

Well... I'm sorry if you feel that way, and like i said i don't want to rudely rub your nose in the fact that your doing something wrong. That's not why i'm here. I'm trying to kindly tell you that this could hurt a lot of people. And that perhaps you should think about what it would do if you make a joke like that.

In all seriousness, i'm not demanding anything. I'm just /asking/ if people could try and be considerate to those who struggle and not joke about heavy subjects like these.

Well... i said i wasn't going to whine... oops. Anyway i hope that this gets my message across in a decent way. I don't want to start a fight with people or something, I just wanted to state why it is so shocking for me. 

Also i haven't blogged in a while so sorry for picking a heavy subject like this right away.

thank you all who have read this.

i love you, stay strong out there.