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divinerapturesys · 7 months

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Welcome to my Ted Talk about AsPD, or Antisocial Personality Disorder, which the internet likes to coin as sociopath 👌🏻 if you don’t like long infodumps about stigmatized mental disorders from someone who is diagnosed, move on.

Quick toxic rundown: People with AsPD are generally characterized as emotionless, violent, manipulative abusers who kill animals and like to make other people their bitches. The biggest pet peeve we have is the emotionless, sadistic and abusive generalization.

Personally, we are highly neurotic, with highs and lows of: depression, frantic drive, self abuse tactics, chronic fear, lapses of rejection, overwhelming over-analyzation, grey area thinking, false goods and false bads, ultimatums, obsessive compulsive behavior, harsh self demands, and irritability.

AsPD is a disorder that is caused primarily (according to current research) by trauma and abuse in childhood; most notably being emotional neglect and absent caregivers that cause a child to have emotional shutdowns and repression episodes in an attempt to self soothe. Primary caregivers who do not bond with their children are also a factor. Children learn how to behave from those around them. If a primary caregiver is emotionally distant and unavailable, children will learn that is normal behavior and that’s how people are. If a primary caregiver does not provide empathy and sympathy during moments of distress and fear, children will learn that aloofness and disregard of others feelings is normal behavior. If a primary caregiver does not keep a child safe, children will learn that they should not prioritize their own safety or the safety of others. You can find my follow up post regarding this here.

Neglected and abused children often act out trying to get attention and help, often acting out in bad ways because they lack the ability to articulate what they’re feeling and what is happening to them. The pipeline for AsPD typically is: Oppositional Defiance Disorder as a child, Conduct Disorder as a teen, AsPD as an adult. There are a lot of warning signs cueing that AsPD is becoming a risk for development, but often kids do not have a support system to help negate it as it’s their support system that is usually a factor in its creation.

Being AsPD is like being an emotional La Croix 70% of the time. If you’re depressed, then it’s like someone in the other room has depression and is telling you about it. The other 30% of the time, if you’re depressed, your brain doesn’t understand how to handle it so it’s an ultimatum between doing something drastic to remove the Trigger or ignoring and dissociating for days on end.

People with AsPD are very good at ignoring things. Honestly it’s problematic as fuck but it’s not hard to ignore major issues when you just, don’t care. It’s not in the terms of being cruel or making ourselves not care, but the fact that finding the emotional willpower is so far out of our feasible reach we don’t do it. This causes us to piss people off because we don’t have the capacity to care as much as they want us to, even if we can and do to an extent.

Think of it this way: empathy/sympathy is a deep tub of water that everyone has. They can easily fill their measuring cup for the needed amount of empathy without any issues and it’s easy for them. People with AsPD don’t have a tub of water. We have shallow skillet. When we try to dip our cup to fill it, we can’t, it always comes up short and it is difficult to get any water in it as there is no room for the cup to dive. Our ability to care is limited because we do not have the same emotional resources everyone else does.

❌ False Positives & False Negatives ❌

I operate on what I’ve learned are called false positives and false negatives. These are things that are trained into the brain from an early age based off of childhood trauma and other factors. False positives are a distorted version of why we do something to help ourself and for our own good, meanwhile a false negative is something we do because it’s a threat, or based out of fear.

❌ Some of my false positives:

- It is good to be afraid of nothing

- It is good to adapt to someone’s personality if they are stronger than you

- It is good to isolate yourself

- It is good to be a silver tongue because you can get into any place you want

- It is good to become a social chameleon and shape yourself to whatever those around you need/want most, because then you have no chance of being abandoned

❌ Some of my false negatives, which can explain the false positives as well as core beliefs:

- it is bad to be afraid, if I am afraid then I am vulnerable and it can be used against me

- It is bad to be emotional or show concern for others emotions because they do not care for mine

- It is bad to be able to be exploited, because I believe it is everywhere

- It is bad to allow myself to be bored, because boredom begets bad thoughts and no one can or wants to help me when I spiral

- It is bad to not shape yourself to the social circle, because people quickly grow tired of those who do not match them perfectly and being discarded means I failed

My core beliefs can be viewed as the root for the false positives and negatives, because they are based on the core of trauma, abuse and neglect. They come from patterns and instances that make someone with AsPD become the opposite of what they experienced:

- eat or be eaten

- If I don’t show that my bite is worse than my bark, I will be taken advantage of and I must remain on top because the ones on top are safe

- I must look out for myself because nobody will do it for me

- It doesn’t matter what happens to me, therefore it doesn’t matter what people think of me

- If I cannot do something well, then I should not do it at all

- If you are dependent on others for emotional and mental well being, you are weak, therefore I must isolate myself to avoid becoming codependent and a burden and useless

- If I can handle the stress of a situation better than everyone else, therefore I will keep the problem (financial, emotional, mental, etc) to myself to reduce chances of being abandoned due to failure of perfection

People with AsPD are hard to get along with. We often:

- are always anticipating a fight

- lack respect for authority

- ignore social structures to an extent

- tendency to lie if it’ll lessen punishment or if we feel the lie is more acceptable than our actions

- limit social support because it’s wrong to be dependent on others

- have an inflated view of our own importance — which turns into a self ridicule for believing someome like me could be found important to others —

- can be rude and inconsiderate of others feelings somewhat unintentionally

- are unable to read the correct social cues in relation to empathy towards people and animals

- am constantly confused by others dependence upon empathy and inability to make desicions from logic based standpoints

We can’t speak for everyone who has AsPD, nor are we saying that no one with AsPD is capable of being a murderer/abuser etc. but we are saying that y’all need to stop automatically classifying someone as a certain “type” as soon as you know about their disorder.

One last thing I do want to point out is that it is not uncommon for people with AsPD to derive some sort of enjoyment in causing harm, doing something illegal, hurting someone or animals, etc. This entirely stems from lack of environmental control as a child. Being able to control what happens to others or being able to control the things you say or do that hurts someone else is a hefty high to get addicted to; it soothes the underlying itch of not being able to control your own trauma and abuse, so in turn you push these behaviors onto others and enjoy it because it gives you a sense of power and control. Some people with AsPD do genuinely love hurting others, and some enjoy hurting others when they believe it’s deserved or their ire has been stoked. Some enjoy causing pain to those they think deserve it, and others don’t care who they hurt as long as they feel like they’re in control of the situation.

Hope this have some insight into AsPD 🤙🏻 if y’all have any questions, shoot.

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sappy-sabbath · 22 days

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as a society can we stop making mental illness/neurodivergency trendy and romanticized. i know more mf who faked claim than ppl who actually had the condition. at the end it just makes the people who are diagnosed with the condition the butt of the joke or look disingenuous.

ALSO IF I MAY be real for a sec!!! it’s because of the “destigmatizing XYZ 🥺” tiktoks and self diagnosing that make this happen, i know they are good intent and not all people have resources but its one thing to be concerned about your mental health and another to claim to have a disorder that you haven’t been diagnosed with!

autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, BPD, bipolar disorder, psychosis, OCD have all became quirks than serious debilitating condition and as someone with ADHD and psychotic depression IM SICK OF ITTTT, it’s different with things like depression and anxiety bc you experience that at least once in your life but it’s getting out of hand

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chronically-iconic · 4 months

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Disabled is not a bad word. I’m disabled and I’m fucking proud of it.

Im so fucking sick and tired of able bodied people pretending to be allies when they don’t actually listen to us.

Stop calling us “differently abled” or saying “don’t talk about yourself like that, you can do anything!” When we tell you we have disabilities.

It doesn’t help. It fucking hurts.

Being disabled doesn’t mean that I think less of myself, or that I can’t do certain things. When you say “don’t talk like that, you have so much potential” when I tell you I’m disabled it shows me that you don’t think disabled people have potential.

I can be fucking extraordinary AND disabled. I do not need to pretend I don’t have a disability to feel happy.

On one hand I’m so happy disabilities are more cared about and seen by people nowadays, but “allies” that say shit like that get more traction than people with actual disabilities, and able bodied people pretend to care when they actively say demeaning things about disabled people.

Sorry for today’s rant but ugh if I hear one more “don’t say that you can be anything!” When I tell someone I’m disabled I’m going to bitchslap them

#fibromyalgia #chronic pain #cripple punk #disability #destigmatization

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adhbabey · 2 years

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Gonna be honest,, not here for throwing other stigmatized disorders under the bus, just so mine isn't as stigmatized.

DID/OSDD-1+ may deserve acceptance and respect, but that's not something I'm willing to have if there's just more disorders such as personality disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. just thrown to the wayside.

These people are just like me, seen as bad guys and villains, fakeclaimed, attacked, previously locked up, and some of us being associated with criminals,, these people with disorders are like my siblings, something I am willing to help protect.

That's why I'll never be on the abled/neurotypical side of things, if they don't accept all of us. I'm not going to be a "good", palatable or polite system, I'm not going to be morally pure, I'm not going to be what they try to force us to be.

I have solidarity with those who have other kinds of stigmatized disorders. I will never be on your side, if you bring these people down. I am just like them, everything that ableists hate. I am "one of them", one of the scary ones, one of the dangerous ones.

I will stand with those of us who've always been demonized, and I will fight for the right to our voices. We deserve a voice. We deserve autonomy. We deserve rights. And I'll be here to take that by force, in whole.

#babey posts #madpunk #neuropunk #dyspunktional #destigmatization #actuallydid #stigmatized disorders #actually traumatized #if you don't accept all of us- you accept none of us

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justabunchofquotesfromallover · 1 month

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"Understanding autistic burnout"

Definition of autistic burnout

Autistic burnout is a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic life stress and a mismatch of expectations and abilities without adequate supports. It is characterised by pervasive, long-term (typically 3+ months) exhaustion, loss of function, and reduced tolerance to stimulus.

Characteristics and impact

The research participants describe the experience of autistic burnout as chronic exhaustion, loss of skills, and reduced tolerance to stimulus. They described it as affecting every part of their lives and lasting for long periods of time. Many first experienced autistic burnout during puberty, graduation from secondary education, or at other times of transition and changes in developmental expectations.

Autistic burnout had many negative effects on their lives. Many highlighted difficulties with their health, especially their mental health. They talked about struggling with independent living, loss of self-belief, and being frightened that the loss of skills from the autistic burnout might be permanent. They also talked about a lack of empathy from neurotypical people, who had difficulty understanding or relating to the autistic person’s experiences. Some people related an increase in suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour.

Reasons why autistic burnout might occur

People described a collection of life stressors.

Masking their autistic traits, for example by suppressing autistic behaviours, pretending to be non-autistic, or working very hard to act in a non-autistic way.

Difficult or unreachable expectations from family, school, work, or society in general.

Stress from living in a world not set up to accommodate autistic people, for example managing the stress of having to be in noisy environments.

Life-changes and transitions that are stressful for anyone, for example transitioning from school to work, experiencing a mental health crisis, or the death of someone close.

They also described barriers to getting support or relief from the stress.

Gaslighting or dismissal when attempting to describe the autistic burnout, for example being told that everyone has these experiences, that they just need to try harder, or that they are making it up.

Poor boundaries or self-advocacy with respect to saying no, taking a break, or asking for help. This may be due to trauma, fear, lack of assistance in learning how, and a history of negative responses from others when they tried.

Inability to take a break from stress that is so pervasive (“How do you take a break from life?”).

Insufficient external resources and supports, for example inadequate disability services, lack of useful social support.

Together, the life stressors contributed to a cumulative load of stress and the barriers to support meant they were unable to get relief from the stress. At some point, the expectations on the person far exceeded anything they were able to do. Every part of them gave up and autistic burnout resulted. Or, as one study participant summarised:

‘‘Autistic burnout is a state of physical and mental fatigue, heightened stress, and diminished capacity to manage life skills, sensory input, and/or social interactions, which comes from years of being severely overtaxed by the strain of trying to live up to demands that are out of sync with our needs.’’

Reducing or Preventing Autistic Burnout

Participants told us about ways that they found to relieve or prevent their autistic burnout, and advice they have for others.

Acceptance and support – interacting with others who could accept them for who they were, without any need to masking or pretend. This could be one-on-one with family members or friends; on a community level of groups with accepting cultures; or on a peer level, especially finding other autistic people who could validate their experiences and offer information and emotional/social support from lived experience.

Being autistic – attending to autistic needs like stimming and spending time with intense interests and comfort items, unmasking, using autistic strengths or doing things in an autistic way.

Formal supports – receiving reasonable adjustments at school or work, physical support like someone to provide groceries, and mental health support.

Reduced load – taking time off, more breaks, reducing social activity or other types of more stressful activities.

Self-advocacy and health – learning how to set healthy boundaries and expectations from others, and what to do when others aren’t respecting boundaries. Learning how to ask for help in a way others might be responsive to, and leading as healthy a lifestyle as possible (for example participants described how exercising, sleeping, eating well, and doing things that made them happy helped them out of autistic burnout once they had enough energy to do them).

Self-knowledge – learning how to recognise and act on the early signs of autistic burnout (for example by cancelling social plans to have more rest), having an autism diagnosis, and understanding one’s own patterns of behaviour and feelings.

Recommendations and next steps

We recommend increasing awareness about autistic burnout, and connecting with the autistic community and peers that understand autistic burnout. The experiences of people who describe being in a state of autistic burnout should be validated, whether they use the term or not. We recommend that therapists and clinicians learn to recognise autistic burnout in clients and offer strategies for relief.

In general, we recommend others be aware of the potential dangers of teaching autistic people to mask or suppress their autistic traits. Suicide prevention programs may want to consider the potential role of burnout. We strongly support interventions to decrease the discrimination and stigma associated with autism and disability in society, and to improve access to reasonable adjustments and acceptance.

Though an important start to the conversation, our findings are from a small qualitative study of a non-random sample. They are also limited to autism; we feel that this may be a broader experience of people who experience disability. Therefore we highly recommend more research in this new and urgent area, especially in collaboration with autistic people who can contribute the expertise of their lived experience.

--Dr. Dora Raymaker, Research Assistant Professor at Portland State University, based on research by Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) (via National Autistic Society)

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fascistsarefreefood · 1 month

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Maybe we should all start trying to be compassionate to people who fake disorders for attention, you've got to be in a pretty bad headspace to wake up and think to yourself "today I'm going to put hours into faking an illness so people will pay attention to me" and Munchausen syndrome is a real thing that affects real peoples lives

#mental health #mental illness #munchausen syndrome #destigmatization #radical acceptance #radical kindness

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lagomoz · 1 year

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every time someone mentions how “destigmatized” anxiety and depression are I just want to scream is it crack? is that what you smoke? you smoke crack? what fucking planets are you living on?

look me in the eye and tell me that you really think people with anxiety and depression don’t face social stigma. are you fucking kidding me?

what about “weird” phobias? what about phobias of very common things? what about separation anxiety? what about selective mutism? what about agoraphobia? what about anxiety that causes erratic behavior, outbursts, or emotional meltdowns? what about social anxiety that makes you genuinely bad at talking to people and not just cute quirky shy?

what about depression that causes poor hygiene? what about weight gain? what about psychotic depression? what about depression in men? what about persistent treatment resistant depression? what about hypersomnia? what about self harm and scars from it?

what about the people with anxiety and depression severe enough they can’t work or live independently and likely never will? what about those that face involuntary hospitalization? what about the mistreatment of those in mental hospitals in general? what about the lack of medical care in general? what about being both medicated or unmedicated? what about the cost? what about being visibly mentally ill in public? what about countries that aren’t america or european? what about the strain these disorders put on relationships? what about trying to get a job or education? what about fucking suicide?

do you really think anxiety and depression are “destigmatized” or did you just take one look at people with mild conditions in their most socially acceptable form not getting rocks thrown at them in the streets and decide that was close enough?

#illia original #ableism #anxiety #depression #madpunk #neuropunk #mad pride #destigmatization #''disorders like npd and schizophrenia face unique stigma'' correct #''disorders like npd and schizophrenia are stigmatized unlike anxiety and depression'' shut up shut up shut UP

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mynameisbillandimaheadcase · 17 days

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Can we please destigmatize getting your medication doses raised ?

It's not a bad nor a good thing it's neutral

It's something that happens sometimes bc it needs to happen

Shaming me for agreeing to raise my medication dosage isn't going to do anything positive

I did not give up

I am dependent on those meds rn I might be for life I don't have much control over the reason I need them my brain is literally not working properly

I really cannot understand this pressure by society to get off my medications

No I shouldn't have started to take less of them by now , that's not how it works

And if I should have had shit happens I relapsed yeah I was doing better and now I don't

"it's a crutch" although metaphorically speaking it literally is

I cannot "walk" properly without them that's how crutches work

"I need to get used to the real world" I am living in this world the same way you do

My meds are keeping me fucking grounded to the real world (have you heard of sycosis and disassociation?)

#I'm so fucking tiered #i don't know wjen I'm going to get if those meds #stop asking me that #mental health #mental illness #actually mentally ill #actually ocd #ocd #medication #rant #destigmatization

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dear-future-ai · 10 months

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Dear Tumblr,

trigger warning: eating disorder, self harm, food

This is an opportunity to communicate your experiences, but I won't ask you participate if you are rendered uncomfortable by the prospect. I did use this to discuss my own experiences.

I've recently been reviewing some of my more problematic eating behaviors and thought I should make a poll for others. It is one part informative, and one part destigmatization.

Hopefully, this opens up conversation and doesn't demoralize nor shame people. There are valid criticisms to the below behaviors to be made: and I have exhibited them at different points in my life: heck some still apply.

(Examples are pulled from personal experience, but are not limited to those experiences)

If you feel like sharing any specific experiences, you are more then welcome, but again, you are more than welcome to lurk and view other people's experiences, just knowing other people struggle with the same thing can be reaffirming.

#eating disorder #eating disorder mention #self harm mention #self harm #destigmatization #food mention #dear future ai #dear tumblr #personal #long post #spicy #depression meal #snake meal #caffeine

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phumelelanene · 7 months

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Navigating the Mind

I recently had the chance to dive into the world of mental health and occupational therapy through the lens of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" (2001). It's incredible how a film can take you on an emotional rollercoaster and leave you with profound insights.

The movie tells the story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician grappling with schizophrenia. His journey, filled with delusions and hallucinations, paints a vivid picture of the complexities of mental health conditions. It's safe to say that watching Nash's struggles and triumphs has forever changed the way I view this field.

Nash's life, dominated by his mental health condition, serves as a stark reminder of the occupational barriers individuals with mental health challenges face. As an occupational therapy (OT) student, I've come to understand the crucial role we play in breaking down these barriers. Our mission is to help people like Nash regain their independence and find meaning in their daily lives. "A Beautiful Mind" reinforced the idea that there's no one-size-fits-all approach – customized interventions are key.

In my own experiences working with clients battling mental health issues, I've seen firsthand how conditions like schizophrenia can lead to social isolation and make everyday tasks seem insurmountable. One client, much like Nash, struggled with auditory hallucinations that disrupted their ability to concentrate on basic activities. To help them, I had to adopt a holistic approach tailored to their unique needs.

The film simultaneously challenged and reinforced my understanding of mental health and occupational therapy. It reiterated that mental health conditions are intricate and can significantly impact a person's life. It underscored the importance of empathy and individualized care because everyone's journey is uniquely their own.

On the flip side, it pushed me to ponder the limitations of medical models in addressing mental health. Nash's recovery wasn't just about medication; it was about social support and his own resilience. This aligns with the holistic nature of occupational therapy, where we consider not only the physical but also the psychological and social aspects of well-being.

Throughout the movie, I couldn't help but wonder about the role OT could have played in Nash's life. We're trained to assess and address the impact of mental health conditions on daily activities. In Nash's case, an OT could have helped him develop coping strategies, manage symptoms, and adapt his environment to support his goals.

The film also shed light on the stigma surrounding mental illness. As OT students and future practitioners, we've seen how the lack of social support can worsen mental health issues. Part of our job is encouraging clients to connect with supportive friends, family, or support groups. It's a way to break down stigma and promote understanding, creating safe spaces for those battling mental health challenges.

Watching "A Beautiful Mind" has truly transformed my perspective as an OT student. It emphasized the importance of empathy, individualized care, and tackling occupational barriers in mental health rehabilitation. As I continue on my occupational therapy journey, I'm dedicated to advocating for the needs of individuals facing mental health challenges and helping them find meaning in their lives.

American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA) official website's mental health resources page - www.aota.org/mental-health-resources

A Beautiful Mind" a video where John Nash experiences a particularly challenging moment due to his schizophrenia https://youtu.be/ehhy-_Cg4QU?si=cK9QWvqM-pGacnxc

References:

1. American Occupational Therapy Association. (2014). What is occupational therapy? Retrieved from https://www.aota.org/About-Occupational-Therapy.aspx

2. American Occupational Therapy Association. (2021). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(Supplement_2). https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2021.75S200

Goffman, E. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. Prentice-Hall.

#MentalHealth #OccupationalTherapy #Schizophrenia #StigmaFree #MentalHealthAwareness #RecoveryJourney #OTStudent #Destigmatization #Wellness #Inclusion #Empathy #SupportSystem #Resilience #PersonalGrowth #OccupationalTherapist #MentalHealthRecovery #Healthcare #AwarenessMonth #EndTheStigma

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mrsblackruby · 10 months

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Even if I don’t have ASPD People need to get over their different stigmas with ASPD because there is nothing wrong with having ASPD

#aspd safe #aspd #mental health support #mental heath awareness #actually mentally ill #mental health #destigmatization

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jolie--cherie · 3 months

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recently saw an insta post that made a lot of things make sense for me. I have ADHD and anxiety, so my anxiety meds have an effect on my libido, but I'm gonna talk about ADHD and libido for a minute here. Sometimes we forget about sex, sometimes we aren't interest in it, and sometimes we hyper fixate on it. I thought there was something wrong with me for so long because, even before I was sexually active, I have had this cycle of being feral and being entirely uninterested. Now, I know why and I don't feel as shitty about it

#adhd #libido #destigmatization #we don't talk about this enough #weird adhd symptoms #everything makes sense now #that explains a lot

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thestarseersystem · 2 years

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In my opinion, I find it quite dumb that people are like "I think a lot of people actually don't have DID" or "DID doesn't need more attention" like bros........ have you forgotten that outside of this community, nobody truly understands or knows what DID is?? It needs to be more mainstream and more talked about, it needs to have more representation, more people deserve to know if they have it or not.

I think,,, it's just a sort of preemptive like "hey, i feel traumatized by the attention that this disorder is getting to the overall cringey ass public, so I just don't want to deal with more uneducated people". Like totally get that, totally fair. It's fucking annoying and horrible to deal with ignorant people. But that's why it deserves to be known more.

If more people are educated on DID, perhaps there will be more research, more diagnoses, even more knowledge on other dissociative disorders. I think it's a good thing that people are knowing more about it.

We should not gatekeep this knowledge. But it's fucking valid if you don't want to go around educating people all the time. That's alright. You don't have to be the one to do that. But I think outside of this teeny tiny corner of the internet, it deserves to be known by people who don't have readily access, and could seek help or could survive their situations easier.

It is incredibly important to know of this disorder. It's incredibly important for it to get more attention, to be less stigmatized. That's a good goal.

#post.txt #important #didosdd #actually did #actually osdd #dissociative system #osddid #destigmatization #people need to be more properly educated on this #they deserve to be

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ilovethecolorpink · 1 year

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just finished my last assignment of undergrad :O

#i basically called the prompt of the paper counterproductive and dangerous at the end but she said be creative!#i think she’ll eat it up tho and wont take it personally #the prompt was basically to write what constitutes mental illness / what it means to be mentally ill #and i was like we dont need more people like me writing about what it means to be mentally ill bc all it does is reiterate the fact that #mentally ill people are Other in society and we need people actually including mentally ill people in the work for solutions and #destigmatization #i coulda gone on so much more but i hit the 5 page max :/#mine

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twinkdrama · 11 months

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people talk about destigmatising mental illness but once you’re showing signs of mental illness they will be annoyed

#mental health #destigmatization #mental illness #chronic illness #neurodivergence #mine

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