#most common symptoms

[crazysodomite]

i can never talk about [redacted] which is literally a symptom because people are Extremely weird about it and like weirdly shaming

[articwolfclawartist]

Bit of a shame that OCD gets categorized as the “neat freak” disorder when the stronger cases are basically a (slightly) less intense version of schizophrenia

Or how ADHD seems to be treated as the “hyper focused” and “unable to sit still” disorder when its rather about repetitive memory loss and the feeling that your insides are constantly exploding

I feel most people these days understand autism a lot better but its siblings get heavily misunderstood. Did you know OCD is an anxiety disorder? Did you know ADHD can cause severe meltdowns? You should.

[redtail-lol]

Hot take I think that the vast majority of autistic people lack empathy to some degree, it's just a misunderstood and stigmatized symptom so a lot of autistic people mistakenly believe themselves to have complete or hyper empathy

[neonbuck]

whenver i see people complain about things not being tagged im like. well yeah. when tumblr users went to twitter and came back, they all stopped putting content warning tags on literally anything. no one even puts cw tags on graphic discussions of sexual abuse anymore. i'm glad i'm medicated for PTSD now but before that i was always at risk of having my entire day ruined

i just dont think anyone cares anymore so i've never even bothered complaining about it

[creepyscritches]

You know I'm glad I have a good doctor and am not actively deteriorating now and all that but still so pissed that my prev doctor ignored me pleading to get off oral chemo for years bc I couldn't eat w/o rapid nausea/vomiting 6 days of the week. For years. Dealing with the resulting severe food aversion has been as shitty as the chemo itself >:| I still struggle to eat most meals bc my body still thinks it'll result in uncontrollable n/v for hours afterwards. And sometimes I still get the n/v from how deep the psychosomatic symptoms run from being Medically Intolerant To A Chemotherapy My Doctor Forced Me To Take For Years.

It didn't even work bc again, Medically Intolerant!

[katetorias]

don’t think it should be a crazy take to understand that by definition systems are a collection of dissociated self states found in people with complex dissociative disorders (DID, OSDD, UDD, etc). that’s what the word system means in this context, and is the definition used in books and scientific literature about systems.

complex dissociative disorders are seen by years of research and testimony to be caused by childhood trauma. systems are a symptom of CDDs, meaning systems are caused by childhood trauma. a system is just one of the symptoms of having a complex dissociative disorder, and things like CPTSD, amnesia, dissociation, depersonalization/derealization, depression/suicidal tendencies are also symptoms.

systems are a symptom of a disorder that is caused by repeated childhood trauma. it’s a life saving defense mechanism our brains had to create to protect ourselves from the trauma. the brain dissociates to keep us from experiencing the traumatic events directly. that is why systems exist. that’s it.

it’s not an identity it’s just a symptom of a disorder. if that’s not what you’re experiencing then system just isn’t the right term

[solradguy]

Having ADHD but only having it just enough to get the like 2 symptoms left out of every conversation about ADHD fills me with an apathy that has no practical solution. Rolling up to the ADHD conversation like "Some days I can't focus and everything pisses me off and the best I can do is lay on the floor with music on and scowl at the ceiling until it stops because if I don't then I'll be mean to other people because I have no patience when I get like that" just makes everyone side-eye you because they immediately jump to the conclusion that you want to commit unspeakable acts of violence.

But a lot of people don't know that this is something people with ADHD can experience. The only time I ever see it mentioned is when I go out of my way to find research on it...

[chaos-in-one]

The amount of posts I have seen over on r/fakedisordercringe that are just "well this person is faking because -literally a perfectly normal & completely possible part of the disorder-!!!" is fucking WILD to me Especially with how often I see people on there claim that the users of the subreddit are "mostly REAL disabled people tired of people faking their disorder"

Like girl if that's true why do so many people on there not seem to have done any sort of research on what normal symptoms of any of these disorders are? 💀

[dunmeshiminimumwage]

[stalkerish]

i’m not saying that no one should ever talk about celebrities’ bodies, obviously they have a real tangible effect on ideals and the psyches of the general population, but holy shit can you at least do it with a bit of compassion and grace. what fucking good do you think you’re doing by saying that you think someone looks like they have an eating disorder because they look repulsive and gross? literally one of the most evil and counterproductive ways to talk about eating disorders wtf.

[squidong]

should I remake my discourse vent blog lmao

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

it interesting how gastroparesis (delay stomach emptying) & dumping syndrome (rapid stomach emptying) can look so similar even though it like. technically opposite.

to point where doctor & i wonder if gastroparesis, but gastric emptying study come back and say “…actually, your stomach emptying kind of fast”

[chatonmagique]

I'm discussing neurodiversity with a friend and she actually suspects she has adhd. I might have all the experience of adhd but who am I to judge right? But the thing is.. she has such strong qualities in area's that are challenging for people with adhd. And I feel like her definition of disorder because she is so balanced and organized in everything she does is on a whole different level. Like she is used to following through in her calculated choices and sticks to her habits more then almost any person I've known and it really sticks out to her when she doesn't. And her definition of I might have adhd is "I've always been dreamy and get distracted by my own thoughts when I'm supposed to be paying attention when someone is talking" Which IS a hallmark of adhd. But I can't feel help but feel.. misunderstood? Because I feel like she underestimates what it means to actually live with adhd. And it's such a fundamental aspects of my life that I know she'd be damn good in masking and overcompensating most adhd symptoms if she had it. I feel a little stupid for letting me bother it, but it still does? Maybe more because she is a close friend of mine.

[atowncalledher]

fuck I had a couple good weeks and I'm like "oh what if I just made up all of my chronic pain and fatigue and actually none of it is real" obly for life to go "the AUDACITY OF THIS BITCH" and grind me into the pavement

[themslash]

:/ laid low by the common cold again, my friends