i do think it is a shame that a lot of gerard ways earnest approach to discussing their psychosis, mania, and more recently, their thoughts of committing violence, is often treated as the butt of a joke or simply watered down to “girl you’re so strange hahaha <3” as if it is not an attempt to appeal to feelings not everyone experiences and it is genuinely admirable of them to go on stage to talk about these things. like they’re generally stigmatised beliefs and it’s like. you all do understand that this is a real experience, yeah? it’s not an oddity, it’s quite hurtful to genuinely reach out and have your authenticity be treated as a joke because someone finds it unfathomable that someone lives this way.