On Protests and Marches

mentalhealthexperiences:

There have been a lot of protests and marches recently, and unless magical miracles happen soon, there will be many more. These protests are important and valuable, but you are not a bad person if your disability or mental illness prevents you from going.

These protests are long and loud and often in inaccessible places. If that means you can’t go or you can’t stay for very long, that does not make you a weak person. If arguing makes you anxious or could induce panic attacks, you don’t have to argue.

These next few years are going to bring a lot of awful changes and we should do everything we can to prevent them. But if your disability or mental illness prevents you from taking part in certain types of activism, that’s okay. You are not a bad person for not being able to do certain things.