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For real? [1]

['Matt Z', 'View Profile', 'Joe Democrat', 'The Boss Gomez']

Date: 2026-04-30  

So Graham Platner is going to be the nominee for Maine Senator. I am unhappy about that. And it is perfectly understandable that people are going to push back against my unhappiness. I knew going in my opinion would not be popular.

Do you guys have to be such fucking assholes though?

“You forgot about the voices in MattZ’s head. Don’t those count as facts?“

That’s what I just got from a poster there. I have mentioned I mentally ill on this site several times, but I don’t go into my diagnoses or symptoms because they embarrass me. Yes, I suffer from schizoaffective. Yes, I constantly hear a scary voice telling me I’m a piece of shit. It’s constantly part of my suicidal ideation.

“Matt, you’re overreacting. The poster obviously didn’t know about your condition when they said that.”

But you know what? That’s a pretty fucking shitty thing to say to ANYONE, even if they DON’T have that diagnosis. That poster is not off the hook.

My voices shame me and is something I have spent my entire life trying to escape from. Maybe I don’t talk specifically about them because the stigma is so entrenched I knew you guys would think I am a worthless piece of shit because of them. I get that enough in my head. Didn’t need that on this site.

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