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rachymarie · 2 months

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Guys LOOK they made a schizospec Palm Pal and I am absolutely living for it she is now my personal mascot

This actually means so much to me, it's a step in the right direction to fight stigma, get kids (and other Palm Pals-enjoyers) more openminded about accepting people with unfairly severely stigmatized mental illness 🩶 thank you for the representation, Aurora

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neuroticboyfriend · 2 years

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you are not your intrusive thoughts, but even if you were, you would still be deserving of humanity and health. you are still a person. you deserve life and all the necessities that come with it. simply by existing.

#softspoonie #disability #mental health #mental illness #mentally ill #intrusive thoughts #intrusive images #ocd #recovery #mental health positivity #mental health support #mental heath support #stigmatized disorders #disability positivity #disabled #positivity #positive #posi

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voidxbrat · 2 years

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This is some love going out to other people with severe mental/developmental/etc disabilities! I mean severe like, in of need full-time assistance or *a lot* of accommodations. I mean people who legitimately can’t always control or understand their own behaviors. People who cannot live on their own, or maybe can’t make their own decisions. The people who get left out of everything, by everyone, even those who say to support people with stigmatized mental illnesses and not very nice symptoms and behaviors. Because, for all everyone shouts that they support these things - you really show you don’t very often (even on this site). Something people on here still really need to understand and support, is what *serious* and *severe* mental/developmental/etc disability really is.

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honeypleasejustkillme · 1 year

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hi :) for anyone new to my blog that doesn’t understand bpd and needs insight, i’m happy to explain..

so bpd is short for borderline personality disorder, a personality disorder that can cause unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. also known as (i say this because they did change it in the dsm-5 but no one in the community really likes it, some do but most prefer to use bpd since it’s well known) emotional unstable personality disorder (eupd) and emotional intensity disorder (eid). the symptoms on google are pretty simple sounding but they definitely aren’t irl.

google describes them as ‘emotional instability, feelings of worthlessness, insecurity, impulsivity, and impaired social relationships’ but it’s a lot more than that.

bpd can also cause feeling very worried about people abandoning you, (and trying very hard to stop that from happening), having intense emotions that last from a few hours to a few days and can change quickly (such as feeling very happy and confident to suddenly feeling low and sad), feeling insecure about who you are, with your sense of self changing significantly depending on who you're with (“mirroring”), finding it really hard to make and keep stable relationships, and often viewing relationships as completely perfect or completely bad (black and white thinking, also known as “splitting” in the community), feeling empty a lot of the time, acting impulsively and doing things that could harm you, such as binge eating/eds, using drugs and alcohol, or driving dangerously, using self-harm to manage your feelings or feeling suicidal, feeling intense anger (which can be difficult to control), experiencing paranoia or dissociation in moments of extreme stress.. the list goes on…

but it’s basically like you feel like your running around in your own head to trying to find the right mask, expression, clothing, mannerisms to live up to some expectation of that role in your life whether it be a parent, sibling, friend, child,, but then when alone feeling like a faceless monster. just waiting for a cue from something to tell you what you are supposed to be at that moment… it’s a very complex disorder.

i’m so sorry this is so long but i truly love teaching people about my disorder and infodumping all of my knowledge onto people.. i hope you guys don’t mind :)

#bpd awareness #spreading my infodumping ablilites onto others about bpd :))#actually bpd #bpd problems #bpd vent #actually borderline #actually mentally ill #bpd fp #bpd #bpd shitposting #bpd favorite person #bpd mood #i just know i got a dm asking to explain and i think google is well known for stigmatizing bpd so it’s best if you hear it from someone who #is diagnosed rather than ableist google articles #i’m gonna add this post as a link in my pinned just so people can see before they follow :))

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mischiefmanifold · 6 months

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a lot of people like to, when someone describes themself as "broken", vehemently insist that "you're not broken!!"

so shout out to those of us who ARE broken

those who survived horrific things they never should have had to endure

those whose bodies are permanently fucked up, whether from abuse or physical disability

those who have such severe mental illnesses that people don't treat us as human

it is not a bad thing to be broken

#mental illness #mentally ill #actually traumatized #physical disability #stigmatized disorders #feeling broken

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uncanny-tranny · 8 months

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The worst trend I see is when people say the most inflammatory shit about people with stigmatized mental illnesses/conditions and when those people with the conditions inevitably (and rightfully) become defensive or pissed off, people then go, "look what I said about those people! They're awful and subhuman! Look at how they're treating me!"

This especially goes for people with cluster B disorders, low/no empathy, or people who otherwise have "scary" or "threatening" disorders.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #ableism #ableism tw #like crybullying isn't a good look and plus... you're just kicking people while they're down #if you think you can be 'for' mentally ill people while simultaneously treating them like subhumans... you aren't 'for' any of us #like even as somebody who probably doesn't deal with anything heavily stigmatized in that way i never feel safe around people who do this #whenever somebody is like 'these people are INHERENTLY abusive' it can make me wonder how they treat them...#...in that so often ime people who go 'you are INHERENTLY subhuman and abusive' tend to poke the bear...#...i just don't trust the idea that some people are just inherently abusive and subhuman and must be treated as such #joining the war on mental illnesses on the side of mental illnesses

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madame-mongoose · 3 months

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I wish mental health services were more easily accessible and certain mental illnesses weren't still demonized in the field

#still pursuing a bpd diagnosis #but a lot of the specialists im seeing online are all like #have you been victimized abused or manipulated by someone with bpd?#and im like :(#ough im not ready to have ANOTHER heavily stigmatized mental illness #but despite that i still do hope i get diagnosed #i think it would explain a lot #and really help me work through my issues #before it gets to that tipping point #it already has come close multiple times just this year alone #i just... idk #i want to be better i want to get better #i dont want to hurt people anymore. i dont want to hurt myself anymore #it sucjs it really does #sorry for vent posting again #i just dont have anywhere else to go #and i dont feel comfortable talking to people about this stuff usually #everyone tells me i can talk to them but.. idk. its hard to do that. so many things can go wrong. i dont like talking about myself #i like for people to have a certain image of me. prefer people not to worry themselves over me #it brings bad feelings and associations sometimes #which if i have bpd can be thhe cause of that i suppose. just makes me feel insecure? ig? guilty? makes me feel like a bad person #when people try to get me to take care of myself. even if its a good thing #idk im just rambling #nobody take this in a bad way or feel discouraged in fact dont pay any mind to this #im just spitballing #will probably delete later #monnie rambles

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femmeslash · 5 months

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this might be a controversial take but speaking as someone with ocd, i don't believe ishmael has textbook ocd. she has something else. ocd is broadly an anxiety disorder that focuses on unreasonable intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive calming behaviors (compulsions). ishmael's behavior, from what we've seen, doesn't really line up with my experiences... but sinclair's does.

ishmael's file says that she "suffers from an obsessive-compulsive neurosis", which is different from the ruminating anxiety disorder that ocd is. ishmael is, yes, obsessed with an extremely fucking traumatic event that very much did happen to her, and is, yes, compelled to make things right somehow by spending years searching for any other survivors as well as seeking revenge. but i don't believe what's going on in ishmael's head is the same sort of persistent intrusive thoughts + repetitive behavior that characterizes ocd. sinclair is a way closer example to that - he worries excessively and chews on his fingers to calm himself down, even though it's not actually productive and does in fact hurt him more.

what i think ishmael has, rather than ocd, is a parallel to ahab's monomania, which is not a diagnosis that really exists anymore but was a thing at the time moby dick was written. she's single-minded, fixated on her goal. we're seeing her kill everything in her path, almost indiscriminately, to try and get to (presumably) ahab. she's obsessed with vengeance and wants to kill ahab just as ahab wanted to kill that whale. it's more likely that her symptoms are ptsd, and that ptsd has gone untreated for so long that it's now manifesting as sheer rage.

there's a chance that she does suffer from, say, intrusive thoughts about the whale, or about her crew members dying in front of her, and that she has compulsions we don't see. up until verg announced they were going to u corp, ishmael had been very put together, very rational. we're seeing her come apart at the seams now and she's no longer behaving logically as she had before. she's entirely ruled by this obsession. but in my experience ocd isn't usually about just one thing, though i've had extended periods of focus on one particular theme.

we're only partway through the canto so my opinion here very well might change depending on how things go! but i don't think the same files that list faust's problem as being "insufferable" and gregor's as "repulsive" are a reliable medical diagnosis, even if ishmael's appears similar to one.

#if you disagree id love to hear. thoughts on it.but be nice to me or ill cry.#ishmael lcb #canto v spoilers #limbus company spoilers #ive thought this for a while bc obviously when you have a very stigmatized disorder and you hear that a character you like has it -#- you're like ‼️‼️ but ishy has a whole other thing going on in there

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irlromanroy · 10 months

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ngl if i see another of you online bitches make those stupid fucking posts on tumblr or tiktok like "I'm so mentally ill lol my room is messy” as i experience active discrimination and symptoms that are not acceptable or wubbified online im going to kill you. I am going to KILL YOU IM KILLING YOU.

#psych #did #osdd #dissociation #psychosis #tehe <3 #some of you guys don’t know anything nor have you experienced mental health based oppression and it fucking shows #and I’m a bit sick of the most privileged in our community making everything about them all day fucking day #and not letting people with actually stigmatized mental illnesses speak or breathe without running to post us on a cringe forum #I CANT TAKE IT ANYMOREEE #might have to delete this lol

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violet-phoenix-nebula · 1 month

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Stigma and illness

"We do not want to reckon with a world that is merely unfair; where some people get sick, not because they did something wrong but because the world is unjust, and insofar as it is just, it's random.

"And so, we tell ourselves we understand, which too often means creating explanations that blame the sufferer. Stigma is a way of saying 'you deserved this to happen', but implied within the stigma is also 'and I don't deserve it, and so I don't need to worry about it happening to me'.

"Stigma can become a kind of double burden for the sick. In addition to living with the physical and psychological challenges of illness there's the additional challenge of having their humanity discounted. Think of the word universally used in English to describe Tuberculosis patients in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were called 'invalids'. They were literally invalid.

"People living with TB today have told me that fighting the disease was hard, but fighting the stigma of their communities was even harder."

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"Finally, the origin, or perceived origin of a disease also matters. If an illness is seen to be the result of choice it is much more likely to be stigmatized.

"So for instance, people with major depression are often told to just 'choose to be happier' just as those with substance abuse disorders are told to just 'choose to quit drinking'. And some cancers and heart diseases are stigmatized for resulting from purported choice as well.

"Of course, this is not how biology works. Illness has no moral compass, it does not punish the evil and reward the good, it doesn't know about evil and good. But we want life to be a story that makes sense, which is why, for example, it was commonly believed up until the middle of the 20th century that cancer was caused by things like social isolation, parents were actually told their kids got leukemia because they hadn't been adequately loved as infants.

"If a clear cause and effect isn't present, we will invent one, even if it's cruel."

John Green - The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time

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wishmemellon · 7 months

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Can I just say as someone with a cluster b personality disorder I felt very seen just seeing Lester’s own struggles with his mental health in ToA. I find it hard to believe this wasn’t written at least somewhat intentionally considering he even uses DBT tactics to change his bad habits in the later books.

#ToA tackles a lot of very stigmatized symptoms of mental illnesses #it’s very nice to see a book not shy away from showing how messy healing actually is #lester papadopoulos #toa #pjo apollo #trials of apollo #pjo

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neuroticboyfriend · 9 months

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struggling with mental health does not make you a bad person. having an illness or disability is morally neutral. and even if you do bad things, you deserve support. mental health care is a human right. and there is always hope, for both our wellbeing and who we want to be.

#softspoonie #morality #mental health #mentally ill #mental illness #sanism #ableism #anti ableism #disabled #disability #stigma #mental health stigma #mental health support #human rights #disability rights #disabled rights #stigmatization

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voidxbrat · 2 years

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Calling the symptoms of a severe mental illness a “red flag” is extremely fucking ableist.

#severe mental illness #actually mentally ill #stigmatized disorders #mental health stigma #ableism #aria #personality disorder #psychotic disorders #schizo spectrum #neurodivergent #dissociative disorder #trauma disorder

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wellthatschaotic · 6 months

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whenever someone is like "oh well only 1% of the population is/has [x]" it makes me realize that. a lot of people don't know how big 1% is in regards to something as big as the population. yes 1 is a small number but like. what 1% means is 1 for every 100.

imagine there's 20 kids per class and you have 5 classes a day. that's 100 people already. so chances are one of those people have [x]. and usually (in my school experience) it's more like 25 people and 6-7 classes a day. so if you go to a decent size school, some of your classmates are that 1%. let alone the total school population. meaning you are pretty much guaranteed to be sitting in the lunchroom with at LEAST one person with [x], probably more.

busy grocery store? definitely more than 100 coming in and out that day. movie theater? more than 100 people there. mall? more than 100 people there.

so like. if [x] affects "only" 1% of the population. that means you have met and walked past and shared space with people who are/have [x]. literally guaranteed. if you go to any decent sized public place. chances are someone there is/has [x]. so.

#this goes for like. intersex; gay; trans; mentally ill; disabled; personality disorders/other stigmatized disorders #like im just saying #chaos chitters

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arowrath · 9 months

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most insane thing in the world to me is when a teenager online is like "what is [x]" or "i think i have [x] bc i relate to posts about it what are the symptoms" and other teenagers online are like "oh heres some information about it!" and then they link to an unsourced carrd .

#text #it drives me up the wall oh my fucking god at least TRY to find reputable sources #and if u cant. consider if the information youre sharing is just straight up wrong #it might be straight up wrong. it might not be! but it might be. and spreading misinformation about mental illness especially #more stigmatized ones. is bad actually!

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satanfemme · 11 months

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"no mental disorder makes you a bad person" is very very true and a good statement to promote, but "if someone does something bad, they must've chosen do it, there's never any other possible explanation, and it's especially never b/c of any mental disorders" isn't true?? besides the fact that people can make honest mistakes (even big ones) without realizing what they're doing, or the fact that life circumstances can influence what choices someone even thinks are available to them in the first place, my hot take is that mental disorder can influence you to do bad things sometimes and that should be acknowledged.

that does NOT mean a person with a disorder would be a special extra evil kind of abuser compared to a neurotypical person (ie "narcissist abuse" is still a meaningless and harmful term). it also does not mean that abusers are more likely to have a disorder than to be neurotypical. but disorders are disabling, they cause disorder, it's right in the name, they negatively affect you and your connection to others... why do you think that wouldn't that affect your behavior too sometimes? I know my disorders affect mine. often in negative ways!

besides just "mental disorders are never disabling in ways that make me feel uncomfortable" being ableist, understanding this is important if you believe in prison abolition (which you should). "someone did something bad because they randomly chose to be bad idk" is just as unhelpful as "someone did something bad because they were born bad". but "someone did something bad because of X thing they're struggling with, or their Y need is unmet" is helpful, that's something you can work with and fix. integrate this into your anarchist worldview.

and lastly, tbh it's isolating to have "scary" or "bad" symptoms, and then get told by armchair "mental health advocates" online that you're just choosing to have those symptoms and maybe you could be a better person if you simply chose to stop having mental illness in the first place. so you know, don't be fucking rude lol

#some of this wording is probably clunky from an anti-psych lens #but heres my morning soapbox #🙈 READING COMPREHENSION CHECK ✅:#Q: ''so you think all abusers are helpless babies that should be coddled?'' A: no. but behavior doesn't exist in a vacuum -#- and this post is about more than just ''abusers'' specifically #Q: '' so you think abusers should go unpunished?'' A: by our current definition at least yeah. also maybe yeah in general idk. -#- I'm a prison abolitionist; including involuntary hospital confinement. there's better options out there than torturing people.#Q: ''why are you sympathizing with abusers?!?!'' A: you have more in common with ''abusers'' than you think -#- and until you accept that; you're never going to escape the ''good person vs bad person'' false dichotomy.#Q: ''what's even the point of this post?'' A: the point is that mental illness/disorder is not always harmless or something that -#- only affects the person experiencing it and your discourse should make room for this fact instead of ignoring it -#- in favor of the easier feel-good arguments that leave more stigmatized experiences behind.

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