Listen.

Listen.

It doesn’t matter how old you are or what mental illnesses you have.

If you suicide bait someone, that’s not okay.

If you harass someone, that’s not okay.

Doing these things because they triggered you or because you currently were not sound of mind doesn’t excuse your behavior. Part of living with mental illness is striving to control your symptoms, and, when you lose control of those symptoms, understanding that you are still responsible.

Just because you said or did something cruel and hateful during a breakdown doesn’t mean you don’t have to apologize. You still have to take responsibility for your own actions. You still tried to make another living being kill themselves. You still tried to drive another living being to suicide.

No, your age is not an excuse. If you’re old enough to suicide bait and harass someone, you’re old enough to own up to it and apologize.

Let’s make 2017 the year where we stop hiding behind coping mechanisms and breakdowns and age, and start trying to better ourselves despite our circumstances.