#cluster c personality disorders

[cluster-c-pds-culture-is]

avpd culture is internal anxieties becoming accepted certainties then eventually irritants. ('my friends may not like me very much?' eventually turns into 'my friends hate me.' which then turns into 'well can they stop pretending to like me. this is irritating. why are we dragging this out if you don't actually like being near me.') avpd culture is also, in that case, having to occasionally do a net reset where you remind yourself that you made literally all of that up, and no, your friends who like interacting with you are not demons sent to torment you. you just have friends. they like talking to you. it's pretty normal. hardly a hard concept to grasp, honestly.

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#cluster c #cluster c pds #cluster c personality disorder #cluster c personality disorders #cluster c culture is #cluster c pds culture is #avpd #avoidant personality disorder #avpd culture is #mod v

[flip-flopping-frede]

Something that I see continuously left out of aspec discussions regarding ways aspecs may or may not connect with fellow humans, is the fp bond.

The acommunity is open and accepting about other forms of attraction that are not romantic and sexual, and even has a Split Attraction Model, and at the same time there are aspecs with personality disorders that exist. We experience something that aspecs that don’t have personality disorders fail to address, and that is the fp bond.

In my experience, the fp bond feels like an attachment more than an attraction; I don’t necessarily feel a “pull” since I am already pulled in/already connected/already attached. The fp experience is different for everyone tho. For some pw PDs, I think it can manifest as the symptoms of the PD lessening around the fp, or the symptoms of the PD worsening around the fp. The fp of someone with a PD may feel like someone who the pw the PD can tolerate “the most” out of anyone else/feel comfortable unmasking around, or the fp could be someone who the pw the PD feels their world revolves around.

Either way, the fp bond is something that is typically significant for pwPDs. It can be a game changer in terms of human connection, especially for aroaces and aspecs who are also aspec in ways besides romantic and sexual attraction, such as aplatonic, asensual, anaesthetic/non-aesthetic, etc.

Awareness and acceptance for people with personality disorders is essential. Our experiences (including the bond with the fps) are important valuable parts that make up the acommunity. I just think it would be so interesting and validating if, when aspecs are discussing ways aspecs experience human connections, or why they may choose to do things that society does not understand, the fp bond was included.

Some aroace people may do something as casual as becoming roommates with their fp (I have personality disorders where the people experience extreme fear or high anxiety in mind, to make things like grocery shopping easier)

Some aroace people may do something as serious as getting married to their fp, because they feel like they genuinely could not live without their fp and want the commitment, tax benefits, and other perks of getting married (like making a big deal about the wedding instuff)

Both of these are valid and deserving of acceptance. Aspecs may be a marginalized group, but that doesn’t change the fact that pwPDs are also just as marginalized (if not more, since society stigmatizes pwPDs). This is why Awareness, discussions, and acceptance of intersectionality between being aspec and having a PD is essential for aspec pwPDs.

#aspec discussion #aspec #fp bond #the fp bond #acommunity #Split Attraction Model #aspecs with personality disorders #aspecs w/ PDs #attachment vs attraction #pwPDs #aroaces #aplatonic #asensual #anaesthetic #non-aesthetic #awareness and acceptance for pwPDs #human connections #aroace people #becoming roommates with the fp #cluster c personality disorders #cluster a personality disorders #DPD #pwPDs can also experience anxiety #living in an ableist word that stigmatizes your PD is tough #marrying your fp #OCPD #PPD #Dependent Personality Disorder #Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder #Paranoid Personality Disorder

[worms-in-my-brain]

People with psychotic disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with personality disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with substance abuse disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with tic disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with bipolar disorder are neurodivergent too.

People with dissociative disorders are neurodivergent too.

Neurodivergence isn’t just ADHD, autism, anxiety, and depression. (Plus those last two also get left out sometimes!) Neurodivergence is anything that affects your brain.

“Neurodivergent people hate loud noises” is actually just as valid as a statement as “neurodivergent people have delusions,” “neurodivergent people have tics,” or even “neurodivergent people have low empathy.”

#neurodivergent #aspd safe #npd safe #bpd safe #personality disorders #cluster b #cluster b safe #cluster c #cluster a #dissociative disorders are neurodivergencies #dissociative #osddid #did #osdd #tourettes #tic disorders are neurodivergencies #tics #bipolar disorder #substance abuse disorder

[love-me-love-my-weirdness]

“Don’t let your disorder define you”

Okay but do you support the people whose disorders do define them?

Do you support people with the chronic illnesses who have had to develop whole lives around their conditions? Do you support the intellectually disabled people whose whole way of thinking is defined by their disorder? Do you support the people with personality disorders who literally have a disorder as a personality? Do you support the autism/ADHD people whose disorder you can’t separate from who they are? Do you support the DIDOSDD people who have multiple definitions of themselves because of their disorder?

Or are you just saying that because a disorder defining someone means you can’t ignore it.

#chronic illness #autism #adhd #intellectual disability #did osdd #personality disorder #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #cripplepunk #madpunk #neuropunk #tw ableism

[kitten-forward]

#mental health #mental illness #mental wellbeing #positive mental attitude #adhd #mental wellness #positivity #self healing #therapy #body positive #narcissistic personality disorder #npd #actually npd #cluster b #cluster c #borderline personality disorder #bpd #actually bpd #bpd vent #bpd thoughts #aspd #stigma

[probablyavpd]

Not many people talk about how deep emotional neglect hurts you.

I’m afraid to want things. I’m afraid to ask for help. I’m afraid to tell someone something if they seem in a bad mood. I can’t process when someone is nice to me. I can’t handle rejection, but my brain literally short circuits if someone gives me a compliment to the point where sometimes the rejection is better.

There are lots of overlap with emotional abuse, but emotional neglect hurts just as much. And it’s even worse that it usually goes undetected, so a lot of people can’t tell they’re being neglected until it’s too late.

#emotional neglect #avpd #cluster c #avoidant personality disorder #mental health #mental illness

[astrangerthatlovesyou]

“It’s okay to not be okay”

Unless it impacts your work performance…

Or your grades

Or how you act

Or if it causes you to say no

Or if you’re harder to be around

Or if you need time alone

Or if you talk about it

Or show symptoms

“It’s okay to not be okay”

Unless you have trauma

Unless you have one of those “scary” mental illnesses

Unless it inconveniences me

Unless you’re undiagnosed

Unless you cry or scream or make a scene

Unless you don’t keep that shit to yourself

Unless you make me uncomfortable

Unless I can’t infantilize or fetishize you

Unless you have hallucinations

Unless you have psychosis

Unless you get angry

Unless I think you’re cringe

Unless you can’t preform hygiene tasks

Unless you’re disabled, or trans, or gay, or not white, or fat, or AFAB, or intersex, or a man… so I guess anyone

“It’s okay to not be okay”

As long as nobody ever finds out.

Our society has a severe issue with performative activism, and mental health is a huge example of this. Every time someone considers reaching out, they run through this list mentally. This is why true activists and resources need to be loudly supportive of all the things on this list. Take the subtext out of your support.

#repitition #tw repition #second person pov #second person tw #tw cursing #cw cursing #cursing #avpd #avoidant personality disorder #personality disorder #actually avpd #pd #pdid #did #mental illness #mental health advocate #ptsd #cluster c personality disorder #mental illness advocacy

[dailydivergent]

Neurodivergent reminder: Overstimulation feels a lot like anxiety, and understimulation feels a lot like depression.

More importantly, you don't need to know which it is to practice self-care.

Self-caring anxiety and overstimulation looks the same:

Recognize you're feeling big feelings

Take as many deep breaths as your need to slow your mind

Identify what’s causing the feeling, whether sensory, environmental, or situational

Minimize that cause as much as possible immediately

Self-caring depression and understimulation looks the same:

Recognize you’re in need of stimulation

Turn on an interesting long-form video of some kind

Do some quick exercise like a walk or jumping jacks

Call a friend that'll let you infodump

If you're neurodivergent and easily get stuck on labelling things — I see you.

I'm here to remind you that you don't need to know what it is to take care of it in the meantime.

You can — will — figure it out later.

#neurodivergence tips #neurodiversity tips #neurodivergencies #neurodivergence #actually adhd #actually audhd #audhd #actually autistic #autism #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse stuff #actually neurodiverse #its the neurodivergency #dailydivergent #bipolar #cluster b #cluster c #avpd #ppd #avoidant personality disorder #cluster b pds #actually aspd #tourettes #tic disorder #actually tourettic #tics #fnd #nuerodivergent #bipolar disorder

[cupboard-of-npd]

When ppl know of personality disorders outside of bpd:

#bpd is also not very well known but compared to everything else it has some awareness #npd safe #garlic breath #actually narcissistic #actually npd #narcissistic personality disorder #npd #cluster b #actually cluster b #cluster a #cluster c #ppd #paranoid personality disorder #stpd #schizotypal personality disorder #szpd #schizoid personality disorder #hpd #histrionic personality disorder #aspd #aspd safe #pd safe #antisocial personality disorder #ocpd #obsessive compulsive personality disorder #dpd #dependant personality disorder #avpd #avoidant personality disorder

[a-healthy-dose-of-apathy]

me when my personality disorder actually impacts my life and doesn’t just make me a cool manic pixie dream girl (i will have this realization twice a week)

#bpd #actually bpd #borderline personality disorder #bpd problems #actually borderline #bpd feels #bpd meme #bpd memes #paranoia #bpd rage #cluster b culture is #cluster b #cluster c #cluster a #hpd #npd #aspd

[cluster-c-pds-culture-is]

avpd culture is trying to participate but then someone responds and then u just cant participate anymore

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#cluster c #cluster c pds #cluster c personality disorder #cluster c personality disorders #cluster c culture is #cluster c pds culture is #avpd #avoidant personality disorder #avpd culture is #mod v

[cluster-c-chaos]

also this is the last thing for now, but when I was first figuring this stuff out (pre-diagnosis), I googled "is it possible to have more than one personality disorder?" and found the answer to be "yes, but steer clear of someone who does!"

so I just wanted to say... if you have more than one personality disorder, you are still worthy of good things. you can still live a good life. you can still have strong connections to other people, and you can still learn to love yourself. having a personality disorder doesn't make you a bad person, and neither does having several personality disorders

#tw ableism #tw sanism #whatever. #personality disorders #this goes for EVERY cluster #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #avpd #ocpd

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

*displays textbook symptomatic behavior of my own disorder that I am well educated on* what’s my deal why am I like this

#I know exactly why I’m like this but why am I like this #I know what’s wrong with me but wtf is wrong with me #adhd autistic #audhd creature #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #personality disorders #bpd stuff #late diagnosed autistic #cptsd recovery #did osdd #bpd #audhd #adhd problems #audhd problems #borderline personality disorder #complex trauma #mood disorders #anxiety disorders #psychotic disorders #neurological disability #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #trauma disorders #traumagenic

[avpdpossum]

me: i know they’re you’re friends and they’re really nice but that just makes them even scarier because i really want them to like me and would be genuinely devastated if they didn’t so it’s just easier to never engage with them and endlessly wish i was friends with them without ever risking being rejected by them even if that means i never actually get to be their friend. like sure, strangers are scary too, but they’re easier because i’m not super invested in whether they like me or not. the people i already like? those are the most terrifying people ever. you know what i mean?

my boyfriend, who doesn’t have avpd: no. no i do not know what you mean. that is literally the exact opposite of how my social anxiety works. i can’t even imagine how that would feel.

#they get regularly baffled by my avpd shit #bc our bad-at-people-ness as socially anxious autistics looks similar on the surface #but when you dig into it ive got all sorts of weird avpd shit going on that they can’t understand #poss.speaks #personal #avpd #actually avpd #actually avoidant #avoidant pd #avoidant personality disorder #cluster c

[saffigon]

shoutout to aros wPDs

shoutout to cluster a aros. shoutout to aros wPPD. shoutout to aros wSTPD. shoutout to aros wSZPD

shoutout to cluster b aros. shoutout to aros wASPD. shoutout to aros wBPD. shoutout to aros wHPD. shoutout to aros wNPD

shoutout to cluster c aros. shoutout to aros wAVPD. shoutout to aros wDPD. shoutout to aros wOCPD

#aromantic #aro #arospec #cluster a #ppd #stpd #szpd #cluster b #aspd #bpd #hpd #npd #cluster c #avpd #dpd #ocpd #personality disorder #personality disorders #pd #pwpd

[solitaryschizoid]

neurotypicals be like if you have a personality disorder you're either a Cluster Asshole, Cluster Bitch, or a Cluster Cunt

#personality disorder safe #npd safe #bpd safe #aspd safe #cluster b safe #cluster a #cluster a pd #cluster b #cluster c #hpd safe #szpd safe #ocpd safe #ppd safe #stpd safe #avpd safe #dpd safe