#mental health inclusive

[mo0nb3rry]

Mental health matters until...

They're hypersexual

They're overly dramatic

They have gross habits (eg, hoarding, not taking care of themselves, etc)

They don't experience a certain disorder the same way as everyone else

They romanticise their own illness (I'm not justifying glorification of mental illness, it's just that I notice that it's quite common especially in the €d community)

They have 'scary' disorders (eg: NPD, schizophrenia, psychopathy, etc)

They don't feel comfortable sharing anything with you

You can't infantilize them (Autism, Tourette's, depression)

You can't fetishize them (BPD, hypersexuality)

They only do certain acts for attention (eg: S/H, acting out)

They're 'annoying'

They're impoverished

They have 'problematic' coping mechanisms (Addiction, s/h, etc)

They have binging disorders

They have extreme intrusive thoughts

They have impulse control disorders (Klepto/ Pyromania)

They experience delusions

They're illness/disorder is seen as a 'joke' (Eg: Schizophrenia, autism, etc)

They s/h in a way that doesn't involve 'cutting'

They have extreme obsessions over things or people

Until they're a person of colour

Until they're conventionally unattractive

Until they're a woman (typically in cases of male dominated disorders such as autism)

Until they're a man (typically in female dominated cases such as BPD or HPD)

Until they're queer/ non-cis

Until they're apart of a religion that clashes with the behaviours of said illness

Tell me if I missed anything

#mental health #mental illness #actuallyautistic #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #ableism #tw ableism #mental health support #you're valid #feminist #trans inclusive feminism #mental health matters

[scaryinclusive]

if your excuse for being ableist or sanist by using words associated with demonised, stigmatised disorders as adjectives is that they better describe what you mean than any of the other vocab choices that aren’t harmful, this is peak sanism. essentially, you’re saying “well this word is connected to a stereotype and thus paints a stronger picture in people’s mind regarding whoever I’m referring to when using it.” that’s because it’s an ableist stereotype, it’s been specifically curated to have that impact. “I use the r* slur to better paint a picture for people to understand this person’s intelligence and / or mental capability” if you wouldn’t excuse or support this, because it is also extremely ableist, stop excusing the use of disorders or words with heavy connections to disorders ( such as sociopath and psychopath ) as adjectives.

#stigma info. #mental health awareness #all inclusive related. #personal. #actuallyaspd #actuallynpd #this goes for literally ANY mental health related term #I don’t understand why people jump through so many hoops #to excuse ableism and sanism #‘but it’s more provocative in my writing’ because that’s how it was designed to be! by ableists!

[sophieinwonderland]

Dear, the big problem about transableism and trans-whatever (trans autism ie.) is the lacking of affective responsibility coming from those transabled individual. And the lack of introspection too.

It’s not about your screaming desires of being something. You (and All the transabled community) need to understand that we live in a society and we have to accept and tolerate each other, but also to not hurt others. Your desires to be something else are not your identity. You hurt others, but more importantly, you hurt yourselves.

It’s about accepting who you really are, without your obsessions towards neurodevelopmental and mental disorders. Your real identity and essence is more than the disorders that you are pursuing.

Maybe you are just very sensitive toward people with this conditions, and that’s ok! And maybe your imagination and narrative talents are far beyond the mean, and that’s cool. Also I’ve read that you are good at collecting and applying data. But pursuing transableism is not ok.

Be you.

I am not transabled in anyway, shape or form.

I don't know entirely what it's like to be transabled.

But this gives me some real "have you tried not being depressed?" vibes

Currently, not a lot of research has been done into people who identify with mental illnesses they don't have. But... research has been done into BIID, where people may feel like they should have a physical disability they don't have.

And in these cases, it's not something that can be controlled or willed away.

It's not even just wanting to, but feeling like you're supposed to and that the fact that you don't is fundamentally wrong. And no matter how much you try, you can never quite shake the thought that you would be better if you were how you're "supposed" to be.

Is this what it's like to be transautistic too? I really don't know. But it seems reasonable to think many are experiencing something similar, but in relation to mental illnesses instead of just physical.

And like with the BIID groups, I don't think it's as easy for many of them as just "accepting themselves".

As for harm, there are plenty of things that are harmful to us as an Autistic system. A small subgroup of a small subgroup of people on the internet identifying as transautistic really doesn't make the list.

#transid #transx #transabled #transautism #transautistic #rad inclus #radical inclusion #discourse #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #psychiatry #biid #neurodivergence #mental health #psychology #mental disorders #mental illness #body integrity identity disorder

[creatinghelen]

mental health inclusive language guide

source: stampede stigma

#hj #mental health inclusive language guide #was shared at work and thought it was really helpful #especially for alternatives to ‘crazy’ and ‘mental’ which I can struggle with

[selkies-world]

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[neuropoppins]

"Liberating! Finally I understood why I was the way I was and that I was not broken. It gave me a whole new vocabulary to refer to my behaviours that were “weird” (stimming, sensory seeking…)" - Maia, Autistic Interviews

#autism #autistic #neurodiverse #autistic interview #autism interview #mental health #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #diversity #identity #inclusivity #autistic voices

[permanentmuke]

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[synergy-screams]

Hello and welcome to my blog! The main goal of this blog is to share my progress as I am in the early stages of writing a novel. This novel, which I've given the working title Monsters of the North is a collaborative project between myself (Synergy) and my close friend / partner in crime, Mac. The story begins at the start of the American Civil War, and follows a diverse cast of characters as they navigate the chaos of the late 19th and early 20th century. Our goal is to create a historical fiction story that represents history in it's full diversity. We focus on characters that were often demonized by society in this time, labeled as "monsters" because of things that were largely beyond their control, such as gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and disability -- to name a few. Feedback and constructive criticism is always welcome, but please keep any hateful comments to yourself. I would certainly love to see this story shared with people all across the world, but if it finds its way to even one person who can enjoy it as much as I do, I will be happy. So thank you for dropping by my little corner of the internet and giving my story a chance.

#creative writing #historical fiction #19th century #us history #writing #lgbtq history #queer history #queer writers #queer fiction #queer historical fiction #mental health awareness #disability awareness #inclusive writing

[numberonesnarkfan]

writing a DID character, from a DID system

do you ever notice that every character you've ever seen in media with DID has been a disgusting old man in a horror movie that assaults and kills people? You might not have, but we certainly have.

this assertion is honestly laughable. DID is written like psychopathy by directors who've never met a system.

The worst thing any of my alters have ever done is tell a teacher to 'fuck off'. None of my other alters' actions have come even close. That's a far cry from the DID you've seen in movies, isn't it?

the worst part isn't even the fact that this media exists. It's the fact that people (almost exclusively men) will fake-claim people with DID for not being like those movie villains.

One thing a real person said to me once was "I had a friend who had a DID girlfriend, one day she just turned around and stabbed him. If you had DID, you would be in jail". I still highly doubt that that 'friend' wasn't a fictional character, or just a pathological liar.

So, what are DID people like? While I can't talk for OSDD, since I don't know much about that area and don't know if the symptoms are different, I can tell you what being a DID system is really like.

first of all, you have to understand the basics. DID forms exclusively in people with extreme childhood trauma. When you look at a person with DID, you're looking at a person who was once a child and was forced - perhaps physically - to mature faster than all the other kids due to constant trauma at home.

If you've heard of the idea of systems having 'protectors' and 'caretakers', that is true. While not every system has outlined jobs that all of their members fall into, the majority have at least one protector, at least one caretaker, and a league of others that simply exist.

This leads directly into my next point: Alters are people. No matter what redditors will tell you about how you should be bullying people who have disorders that contain 'delusions' as part of their criteria, alters are real people. They have real, separate emotions to the host, and their own identity. I hate the smell of smoke, while some of my alters don't mind it or even like it. I am attracted to men, women and nonbinary people, while some of my alters are only attracted to one gender. Every alter is different.

my system has exclusively fictives. (A fictive is an alter whose source material is fictional, while a factive is an alter who forms from the identity of a real person.) It's perfectly fine to write DID characters with completely unique characters in their system that formed suddenly. Hell, one of my fictives didn't have a form they wanted to be seen as until they looked on google images and decided they wanted to be a dragon.

However, and this is only my opinion, I have always wanted to see media with a DID character who has fictives. Maybe the fictives are in-universe, they have an alter of your fictional universe's equivalent of Hatsune Miku or something, or a character from an in-universe tv show. I have always wanted to see media that normalises fictives.

Furthermore, while people with ADHD or autism are much more likely to develop DID, making a character with DID and autism, but not explaining that they have both, is not a good move.

And now, for the most dreaded part: WHAT MAKES THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING DID SUCK! I've always said having DID in and of itself isn't the problem. It's everything else:

-the trauma. DID is actually a good thing in and of itself. It helps us survive (as long as we have a good relationship with our alters). It's the trauma that caused it that makes it bad.

-the fake-claiming. Honestly, I've had more trauma in recent years from getting fake-claimed than from almost anything else. I've lost friends because they decided I was "faking". (they googled DID and I didn't show every single symptom, they thought. We were online friends...) People are fucking stupid, and will stop and nothing to feel like the hero. I'd love to see media that highlights the primal rage and sadness that comes with being fake-claimed. I still lie awake at night having intrusive thoughts about the people who fake-claimed me. It hurts more than much else.

-the fake-claiming, part 2. Some people find out that some psychiatrists don't think DID is real, and go on a crusade to tell every system ever that "I can't believe you would just make up a disorder like that", or accuse us of being schizophrenics.

These are pretty much the two things that make life with DID harder than it needs to be. If we lived in a society of people who didn't find the need to white knight for their own ego all the time, it would be different. Nothing makes you realise that the majority of people are unbearable Karens than having DID. Everyone has to give their two cents on your disorder.

and now, THE ACTUAL OUTSIDE APPEARANCE!:

-when an alter fronts, it can sometimes be sudden. Sometimes someone will be talking to us and suddenly get "oh, uhh... I'm Nigel now. Anyway, keep going." It can be awkward, which is why many of us only show ourselves online, mostly on Discord, where bots like pluralkit can help us feel less awkward about our existence.

-cosplaying yourself. Many of my fictives have me buy clothes for them so that they can dress up as themselves. My Nigel alter had me buy a hair curler so he could recreate his natural hair, but we've all been too scared to use it.

-voices! Sometimes, when an alter fronts irl, they will go completely nonverbal, despite how verbose they may be online. Sometimes it's just too much dysphoria to be forced to speak using the AFAB host's voice, especially if the alter is male. This can be reversed too, where a female alter may feel uncomfortable in an AMAB host's body.

-and the dreaded R word... roleplay. Yes, yes, we all know, being a system looks like rp from the outside. We all get told it so much that a lot of systems take extreme offence from having their disorder compared to roleplay, and I don't blame them. But the fact also is, to develop DID, you HAVE to have an active imagination, because it forms from the child escaping into their headspace too much. Many people with DID do roleplay! They play D&D, they online rp. This doesn't make them any less of a system. BUT if you're writing a DID character, unless you have a person with DID to be your editor, you should avoid making them an rp-er, because this may come across as disingenuous or sysphobic. Think of it like how gay men are fully allowed to be flamboyant and feminine, but writing a gay character like that may be in bad taste.

-identity vs. personality. There's a reason DID is no longer called "split personality disorder", and it's because the difference between alters and hosts is more about identity than personality. My alters and I largely have the same worldview and morals, but we all present ourselves differently. I am hyperactive and funny (I hope), while some of my alters would prefer to present as mysterious, or graceful. Sometimes an alter can seem completely different from the host.

-memory loss. Sometimes when an alter stops fronting, I wake up with only vague memories of what happened. Also, long term memory loss. Almost all people with DID have more childhood amnesia than normal and can appear as very forgetful.

-and finally... the dissociation. Yes, DID does also come with dissociation. Sometimes it can be regular dissociation, feeling floaty and nonexistent, and sometimes it can come in the form of feeling dissociative about your own life. Sometimes your memories barely feel real, sometimes the people around you feel like they're only videogame constructs. Sometimes you look down at your hands and realise acutely that there's bones in there.

This is not by any means a comprehensive post, this is mostly just me rambling. Feel free to ask me to cover any more specific parts of having DID.

#dissasociative identity disorder #DID #system #writing #writing advice #mental health #ableism #inclusivity #representation #diversity

[wisterianwoman]

Your health is not a trend. Your body is not a trend. Stop chasing trends and learn healthy habits and exercise that works for YOU.

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[the-real-bleezie]

Ok, I'll try here.

I tried streaming on Twitch and it was a complete disappointment. People here seem to actually watch random stuff so I'll try things out here for awhile.

#entertainment #mental health #asmr #safe space #inclusivity #funny #reading #love

[jacuzziwaters]

Imma have to write a book or a TV series focusing on a neurodivergent or disabled black person or something because IDK about y'all but I can't relate to these neurotypical main characters and I'm tired of pretending like I can.

#oh to have a book about two autistic black people falling in love #a girl can dream #there's so many different symptoms of neurodivergency that are just seen as normal behaviors in the black community #and it's really been a major source of abelism and generational trauma #for me at least #black neurodivergent #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodivergence in media #black mental health #black neurodivergence #black people media #black people #disability inclusion #neurodivergence inclusion #disabilities in media #disabled characters #disability representation #neurodivergent representation #black representation #representation #black girl problems #jay's attempts at communicating

[scaryinclusive]

just personally went through a personality disorder criteria / symptom list that i know i don't have and still met 7/7 of the criteria when you only need 4 to meet grounds for diagnosis. it goes to show that a lot of the personality disorder symptoms out there available for self-diagnosing individuals blend really significantly with other personality disorder symptoms as well as general mental health disorders and even neurodevelopmental disorders, and that it's integral when self-diagnosing that you do not simply view a 'checklist' and make a decision based off of that.

the reason i fit 7/7 of these is because i absolutely relate to them, experience them daily and to a point where they disturb my daily ability to function. but my reasoning for exhibiting this behaviour is irrelevant to the disorder. as an autistic individual, even autism is often misconstrued and mistaken for personality disorders, when it's merely that some symptoms are shared between the two. or another personality disorder i do have shares traits with one i don't have, because my baseline purpose for engaging in that behaviour doesn't match the disorder i don't have - if that makes sense.

personally, it has taken me years to research and come to terms with my own mental health conditions, and even today i'm still questioning new ones. remember that there's no rush to diagnose, take time to explore your symptoms, make notes on your triggers, explore and understand the baseline reason for the way you behave - for example has your trauma made you unable to regulate your own self-esteem, has it made you reactive to instability, has it made you impulsive and defensive in the face of threat to autonomy? these are baseline reactions of 3 separate personality disorders. i find watching videos on youtube to sometimes ( if the person is knowledgeable, isn't merely regurgitating information they've read and has experience with the disorder ) be useful, specifically when the individual is diagnosed with the disorder you're looking into. if there are multiple videos from different people - watch them.

understand how experiences differentiate or compare to one another, note whether you relate to any of them or not at all. but something important to remember is that research is your friend. not just mindlessly scanning words, but comparing, processing the data, finding the stigma or lies. anyone can read about antisocial personality disorder, for example - but a lot of the criteria isn't actually experienced outwardly by many with aspd. or are experienced in different intensities with different rates of impulse control. through learning from those with the disorder, you're able to spot ( sometimes, though bear in mind there's a lot of ableism / internalised ableism even among the mental health community ) what's genuine and what's stereotypes or stigma.

many disorders and illnesses can mimic behaviours witnessed in personality disorders, and vice versa. you might relate to a list of symptoms / criteria, but a useful tool is really analysing whether it's the symptom you relate to or the baseline reason for the symptom. all disorders differ, hence there being separate diagnoses, because the baselines differ significantly. don't ever just look at a list and think because you fit every symptom, you have that disorder. i just did that and proved that it's not always correct.

it's really important you take self diagnosis seriously. whatever your reason for not seeking professional help, it's understandable. but by misdiagnosing yourself and then telling others, if you're by any chance incorrect or misinformed you could be adding to stigma by behaving in ways irrelevant to the disorder you believe you have. above all else, i encourage you to seek professional diagnosis at the soonest convenience, with self diagnosis ( unless unequivocally undeniable ) acting as a first step and / or stepping stone for you to find your footing financially or with insurance - whatever is accessible to you. mental health isn't a trend, disorders aren't cute and can be entirely debilitating to many. and of course, it is never to be used as an excuse for negative behaviour.

feel free to reblog, but please avoiding adding to the post to prevent misinformation.

#mental health awareness #personality disorders #self diagnosis #personality disorder related. #all inclusive related. #tbh this goes for any self diagnosis #the dsm doesn't make it easy #by basically describing 6 separate conditions under 1 #but it's about exploring and learning #resources.

[trustmeimadoctor]

Hey. If you need advice at all when trying to deal with osdid i wouldn't go to Sofie... she is notorious for spreading bad info. Blogs like systematic-advice and menoriesofthecircularoom and ask-for-the-sunshine give great advice and have pretty reliable resources that are based in facts not in the plurality movement.

OSDID isn't even a diagnosis. We were diagnosed with DID. Based on "facts" you say? Cute. How old are you? lol We've been in this game for a while, child. We've been in this before you were even born We're guessing. We just needed to be comforted really and Sofie did just that. We've been following her for a little while now, and think she is very sweet. We take whatever information We find useful, as with any info gathering and disregard the rest. We are highly intelligent and self aware. And it seems that only makes us more susceptible to the occasional state of chaos. We also have been dealing with mental health professionals since We were 12. We did find it strange that as soon as We outed ourselves online, We ended up swarmed by exclusionists. Trying to, what seemed like brainwash us lol Again, highly intelligent. We did our own digging, like We've always done and took a peek inside the community and holy fuck!... Just a friendly word of advice... You all should work on some shit.

#mental health #mental health awareness #mental health is important #lol #anonymous asks #anon ask #Silly anon bullshit is for kids #dissociative identity disorder #<3 #did #ptsd #post traumatic stress disorder #plurality #endogenic safe #syscourse #tulpa safe #radical inclusion #radically inclusive #wtf #We are not new #6-2-22 #attention seeking exclusionists #Exclusionists can't read #Playtime #Please interact We have no friends :'( #is this love #making friends

[greyeyedmonster-18]

(also, since im disgruntled, maybe we dont use adoption as a "solution" and pretend that kids arent verrrrrryyy aware when theyre unwanted. and also still makes the issue about 'the children' vs. what its actually about which is bodily autonomy. two things!

greys anatomy does alot of things wrong but one thing it got very right was an argument btween cristina yang and owen. And hunt says " a relationship is about compromise. Cant you just give a little?" And cristina says "you dont give a little on a baby. you dont compromise on a baby.")

#cw: unwanted pregnancy #cw: roe v wade #cw: abortion #we could talk about new wave of mental health crises #or maybe about FEDERAL FUNDING and where money goes because its not towards agencies #nor towards counseling services #or trauma associated with forced birth #but we wont because yall arent ready #we could also talk about how this is a disability rights issue as well #but since were not even being inclusive in our language and using PERSONS instead of women/girls #were not ready to add another layer #also you know. risks associated with pregnancy.

[inclusivejoy]

#diy soap #handmade #soap #crafting #soap making #inclusive joy #mental health #anxiety #happiness #love #peace #joy