#antisocial personality disorder

[narcissisticpdcultureis]

Npd + aspd culture is knowing people think you are—and that you might be—a bad person, but thinking that’s a good thing. Better a bad person than a bootlicker. Better a bad person than weak. Better a bad person than victimized again.

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[roomwithavoid]

anyway cluster b people i love you. i love you people with aspd. i love you people with bpd. i love you people with hpd. i love you people with npd.

you are not ontologically evil. you are not inherently abusive. you have the capacity to do as many good or bad things as anyone else. it’s not your fault you developed your disorder, your brain was just trying to help you survive whatever you went through. you are not evil for the way you feel. you can’t control your feelings, but you can control your actions. as long as you are trying to be your best self, you will never be the irredeemable monster people make you out to be. <3

[funnier-with-aspd]

[jellyfishstarzz]

The struggle of giving real compliments as pwNPD and ASPD traits is so real. I don't give honest compliments often but when I do they sound so condescending and people misunderstand. Or it sounds really simple for a person without npd/aspd.

We really need to talk about how pwNPD and pwASPD express affection and care. It can seem so simple and not recognizing/not thanking them properly can genuinely destroy the relationship.

To you it may only be a simple "Yes you can stay with me even tho I'm slow on social battery" or "Yes you can give me advice on how to do something" but to narcissists and sociopaths is something SO big. It's literally going against the defense mechanisms the brain has set up to prevent re-traumatization. It's opening up to someone, something both people with ASPD and NPD are incredibly scared to do.

[aspdculture-is]

holy shit I’ve been waiting for an (active) ASPD culture blog for so long let’s gooooo

ASPD culture is having prosocials be concerned about the welfare of animals, and you have to play along to not be socially ostracised

ASPD Culture is

[equalperson]

i think we should always take predominant sexes and races for psychiatric disabilities into question.

are men really more likely to be antisocial or narcissistic, or are women just overlooked because ASPD/NPD are seen as too "aggressive" for them?

are women really more likely to be borderline or histrionic, or are they just seen as so "hysterical" that they have to be feminine?

are black people more likely to have schizophrenia or ODD, or are labels of "psychosis" and "defiance" simply used to further dismiss, oppress, and imprison BIPOC?

are white people more likely to have autism and ADHD, or are doctors just more willing to accept that white children are disabled and not just "bad?"

oppressive biases are everywhere in psychiatry. never take psychiatric demographics at face value.

[youlookkindadead]

i've seen quite a bit of confusion about this, so let me attempt to clear things up :

empathy is the ability to feel somebody's emotions as though they are affecting you personally. for example, somebody tells you "my dog died last night!" -> you now feel as though you've lost a pet personally -> you feel grief and sadness just like the other person. not everyone has empathy. it's a trait some people develop and others don't. some have high empathy, some have low empathy, some (like me) have none.

sympathy is the ability to understand and care about somebody else's struggles, even if you don't feel them yourself. so, somebody tells you their dog died -> you realize how this affects them emotionally -> you care about this person, and are upset that they are suffering. not everyone has sympathy either! it's a scale, just like empathy.

compassion is doing something to relieve another person's suffering or make them feel better. somebody tells you their dog died -> you don't want them to remain upset -> you come up with ways to help them feel better, like offering comfort and distractions, or other forms of support. compassion is a learned trait, not something you can be born with like empathy or sympathy. anyone can learn to be compassionate, although some may struggle more with it than others; it's a skill, just like anything else.

however, none of these are required to be a good person. that's a choice you make on your own accord. i hope this clears things up!

[ur-all-fucking-idiots]

Mfs when a trauma response makes someone an asshole and isn't just some cute uwu quirky part of their personality

[genderqueerdykes]

i think it's beyond fucked that medical professionals expect you to deal with misery as long as it's not actually killing you. even when there are procedures and therapies and medications, doctors always wait until the very last second until it's actually life or death. preventative medicine is so hard to find. sick and disabled people are forced to live with misery simply because we're not actively dying.

nobody should have to sit around miserable just because they *technically* can survive this. is it really even surviving when you can't function?

[definitelynotaweirdo]

[narcissisticpdcultureis]

npd + aspd culture is stepping out of your comfort zone to socialize because you're isolating, not immediately being paid attention to, and feeling a violent physical pain in your chest whilst swearing to yourself you will never talk to anyone again unless they beg you too

this cycle will most likely repeat in a week

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[autopsyfreak]

Homicidal Ideation

homicidal ideation is the term for having active thoughts about murdering others. these thoughts can be intrusive, however they can also often be voluntary.

misconceptions:

‘people who have these thoughts either have killed someone or will kill someone in the future’ - this is false. most people who have these thoughts usually have disordered behaviours (most commonly as a result of personality disorders) and struggle to find healthy ways to cope with their emotions, therefore provocation and stress can easily cause thoughts of inflicting harm onto others. this doesn’t inherently mean these people are dangerous, nor does it mean that they’re going to act upon these thoughts. most people who experience homicidal ideation never act on it and use it more as a way to process their distress/frustration internally.

‘having these thoughts about people in your life means you can’t possibly care for them’ - also false. caring for someone doesn’t make them an exception to mental illness and it doesn’t stop your mental illnesses from existing. to think that someone’s love for you is only valid as long as they’re not displaying traits of mental illness is unfair and is hugely misinformed. to love and be loved by someone who is mentally ill is to accept that they will display symptoms of their mental illness. you are not the exception and they do not love you any less by showing traits of being unwell.

‘so you endorse murder’ - no. that’s not at all what this means and if you seriously think this then your grasp of severe mental health issues is too limited to be commenting on such topics.

‘you’re evil’ - for being unwell? don’t be a cunt. if you seriously think that having a disordered manner of processing emotions internally makes someone ‘evil’ then that sounds more like an issue with you being too sensitive and having a lack of understanding, not an issue with the mentally ill person experiencing these thoughts. don’t make your inability to understand mental illness into someone else’s problem.

as someone who does experience homicidal ideation, it’s also important to not make the mistake of assuming everyone who is mentally ill experiences these thoughts either. i had an anonymous ask earlier today that directly associated the fact i’m mentally unwell with murder and homicidal thoughts, to immediately make this assumption just because someone is mentally ill is disgusting.

[necroticcadaver]

Do not claim to be a mental health advocate or a safe space for the mentally ill if you demonise systems, cluster B personality disorders and/or psychotic disorders.

[schizsou]

Made for fun, don't use as a tool for self diagnosis. 🎼

[crippleddetective]

Disability is raw, disability is painful, and no matter how much ableds say they understand that they just dont.