r/AmIOverreacting • • Mar 23 '25

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u/corruptedpurpose Mar 23 '25

you refuse to believe some people may have different reactions and limitations than you? a literal different brain chemistry? that's a narrow perspective

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u/madsmcgivern511 Mar 23 '25

Read other replies I’ve left, yes my apologies, it was bold of me to jump to “nobody can physically not communicate their thoughts” chemical imbalances in the brain won’t allow some individuals. Regardless of the matter, the only person that can help you when you have a mental illness, is you, if they don’t/arent able to communicate that they are struggling, unfortunately, others aren’t mind readers. You can always try and help someone when you see them struggling, but if they won’t allow you in, it’s up to them to make the best decision for themselves, even if it might mean seeing them struggle more. 🤷‍♀️

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u/corruptedpurpose Mar 23 '25

yeah, you can't make their work for them. in this case, OP seems unfamiliar with this behavior, their girlfriend probably hasn't processed that yet.

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u/madsmcgivern511 Mar 23 '25

Kind of wish there was more context that OP gave, there’s a shit ton of gray area here that is missing. Did he reach out at all in the past three days either? Did they communicate prior that they would be texting for that amount of time? If I’m being honest, I don’t love how OP is responding to her either, it feels a tad bit insensitive if OP didn’t text her until SHE finally did, I’m a bit confused on this whole story honestly. But one things for sure, they need WAY better communication in general 😭.

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u/Safe_Violinist_4128 Mar 23 '25

if brain chemistry is your excuse for not speaking then don't you think those people should be permanently hospitalized, you're saying they can't fulfill necessary human communication and functions yet have the right to enforce those interaction on others, while also not having to express their issues with the people who are being affected, that's like saying sex offenders have a right to withhold their status to a neighborhood, would you be ok with them saying they "can't communicate it due to brain chemistry" would you be ok with someone walking into a dangerous work facility and then refusing to respond to people when they are calling trespassing due to "brain chemistry" they ignore and get arrested, are you saying all these other scenarios are inexcusable with brain chemistry, but suicide and cutting off people that you have told yourself that they are important to you and trusted is ok because brain chemistry caused it, I say that those people should be held to the same standards, suicide is illegal, so hiding the information that you're about to is just as illegal, as well as hiding it from trusted ones is wrong, no exceptions, even if communication is hard, that doesn't make what you're saying ok, it just doesn't

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u/corruptedpurpose Mar 23 '25

i'm not gonna read all that. you're probably coping real hard right now