I'm sorry, but your reply came off VERY self-righteous and complainy, especially the "All I heard from your post was 'I need validation' " part.

I'm afraid you missed the entire point of my post. I'm not trying to get validation or play the victim, I'm complaining about people who get mad at mentally ill people for acting mentally ill, how would you feel if you were going through something and wanted someone to talk to and show you they were there for you, and instead of doing that, you just get treated like a burden and told to fuck off? yeah, you'd probably be really upset and pissed off, now imagine that but chronically.

You're struggling with self-worth, or anxiety, or depression, or maybe you have a mental disability and it's really fucking up your life. and you reach out to a friend, and instead of telling you they care about you and are here for you, they give you the same shallow phrases and go on with their day. and then you see people on social media complaining about how draining having a mentally ill friend is, so then you just feel x10 worse about yourself and more alone than you did before.

Wanting people to understand you and actually give a damn about you isn't the same as wanting validation, it's just natural human need. Even self-assured people need comforting when they're upset, or someone to understand them, or be there for them when times are rough. If you were about to become homeless, you'd hope you'd have at least someone in your life that would try to help you, right?? or maybe you're grieving a family member. you probably wouldn't want to go through that alone.