Absolutely. At some point, I wasn't even realizing that I still had mental health issues and I was still struggling, because everyone around me said that I had to be okay. I had to pretend to be okay; I had to just smile and continue walking, doing my thing. Those stigmas of just being too much of something or not enough of something always put you in a difficult place when you have mental health issues.
I would say that, for me, it led to my not taking care of myself as much as I had to and not seeking the help I needed, because I didn't feel that I was worthy of needing help or I didn't think that my issues were intense enough. I was waiting and waiting for the point of being really sick, because I had to be my perfect self out of the house and even in my house.
My friends were always telling me, “Well, I feel kind of stressed, too”, even if I said, “No, I'm not stressed; I'm very anxious right now. I have physical issues with my mental health.” People don't realize how much what they say has power over the mind. That point is really something that we should change among young girls and among adults as well. Even teachers at some point were trying to cheer me up and help me, but the very basis of what they said was solely that I should just continue.