“Mental health” is stupid

I’d like to start this rant off by saying that if you have actual mental problems, this is not directed towards you. With that out of the way, just like all the other bullshite crutches that people use today. Naomi Osaka is a prime current example. Didn’t want to get interviewed and said she’d pay the fine, then faced backlash for not wanting to do her interview (which is part of her fricking job) so she just quits the French open and cites “mental health” as the issue.

I see this excuse in the same vain as somebody throwing the race card down. When somebody uses it, it’s like there’s a protective shield around them and you can’t refute what they said or you’re somehow a piece of shite. It’s bullshite and ought to be called out nonstop. If you’ve got real mental problems, that’s one thing. But you having anxiety over people calling you out for not doing your job doesn’t equal some sort of mental health problem and it’s shitty to use that argument.

Frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing about all this mental health bullshite. What happened to stoicism? What happened to the grin and bear it mentality? I think there’s a deeper issue for all these “mental health” problems we’re having in this nation and in western civilization as a whole but I don’t think this is the thread for that.

frick soft people like Naomi Osaka and a lot of people in my age group.