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[roarwellnessindia]

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[kindnessoverperfection]

Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

[juliemolinaz]

There have been a decent number of times where I get frustrated in Min-hwan's portrayal in the show compared to Soo-min's in that Soo-min seems more like the scary one while Min-hwan seems less threatening and comedic. Like, even when Min-hwan is being physically threatening or abusive, we get a scene shortly after where he's having his temper tantrums or flailing that we can kind of forget what he did earlier in the show. And then wham, the show gives us scenes like in today's episode that show just how more dangerous Min-hwan is.

Soo-min has done some fucked up and manipulative shit that has put Ji-won in danger, but I think today's episode really showed that Soo-min has some pretty severe mental health issues. She did a good job masking those mental health issues in the original timeline, but that was because she wasn't experiencing any stress and Ji-won was so dependent on her. But, in this new timeline, when Ji-won distances herself, Soo-min's "perfect" image goes away, and her life is falling apart, we can see Soo-min unraveling and spiraling.

But, man, Min-hwan can be an abusive and manipulative asshole. He might have been genuine with Ji-won in the beginning of their relationship, but he knew what to say and do to make Ji-won feel like he was amazing and be willing to stick around even when he started to become more controlling and abusive. And then we saw his manipulativeness in today's episode when he could see Soo-min unraveling and said the words he knew would get Soo-min to agree to marry him. And the fact that he said the same exact words to Soo-min that he did to Ji-won shows that he knows how to take advantage of someone who wants to be loved and wants to have a family. Min-hwan uses his childish and immature persona as a way to make people feel less threatened until he has them dependent enough on him that they stay no matter what abusive tactics he uses on them.

So, while Soo-min's mental health issues do not excuse her actions and how she's treated Ji-won, I am glad that the show does come back around to remind us just how much more dangerous and threatening Min-hwan actually is.

[rainywhispersblog]

[autisticlee]

"just be yourself" has always been one of my most hated things to hear from someone. it may sound simple and easy to you, but when you grew up never able formed a single solid personality (because you grew up autistic or for some other reason) and/or have always felt more like 20 different personalities in a trench coat who fight over who is supposed to be in charge, that "simple" advice is so much less simple.....it can even seem impossible.

[starfishinthedistance]

I hate when people use the fact that sometimes people are misdiagnosed as having personality disorders to try to say that personality disorders are Not A Thing™.

Your autism was misdiagnosed as SzPD/BPD/STPD/AVPD/ASPD/OCPD? Cool, doesn't mean that they're aren't people who genuinely have SzPD/BPD/STPD/AVPD/ASPD/OCPD.

You were diagnosed with HPD by a professional who hated you as a way to dismiss you as "just an attention seeker"? Sorry that happened, but that doesn't mean they're aren't people who do have HPD.

You confided in a professional about a stalker/abuser and they diagnosed you with PPD due to medical misogyny? That shouldn't have happened, but that doesn't mean they're aren't geniune cases of PPD.

I'm so sick and tired of people using the fact that sometimes people are misdiagnosed with personality disorders to tell people with PDs that their disorders aren't real, or to claim certain PDs are "rooted in anti-autistic ableism/misogyny/ect", or worse, try to campaign for these disorders to be removed from the DSM/ICD.

I'm sorry you were misdiagnosed, but that doesn't mean these disorders don't exist. Trying to remove personality disorders' awareness, treatment options and place in diagnostic manuals is not going to prevent misdiagnosis, it's just going to make it harder for people with severe mental illness to get help.

[thunderc1an]

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[mamuzzy]

Anakin and bpd...

Whenever I see a post bashing Anakin Skywalker, I imagine myself clinging to that giant tall miserable blorbo and tell him "It's okay, love, they just don't understand you. You don't have to listen to them."

Anakin is the closest I can get for a positive bpd representation him being the sweetest little cutiepie in the world with so much love he can give, and not making him an abusive person and/or serial killer BY DEFAULT (I emphasise on this because I don't deny the horrible acts he did, but also I don't think he is a son-of-a-satan with thirst for blood since infancy), because yeah, fucking stereotypes. Ultimately the very same love ruins him, destroyes everything and everyone he loves and believes in, but it's a wonderful allegory to all the intense and often overwhelming feelings a person with bpd could feel regarding their loved ones.

[deservedgrace]

Mental health rant below

I'm at a point where I need more help with my mental health than I feel okay with putting on people who aren't professionals but my experience with professionals is me getting dismissed repeatedly, people refusing to believe me, people thinking I'm exaggerating and making up symptoms, just constantly fighting to be taken seriously. I genuinely don't trust that anyone will choose to take me seriously. I don't have insurance and have looked for low cost therapists but I haven't found any that aren't through churches (which would 10000% make things worse anyway) or seem to fit what I would need. I don't know if I am even capable of trusting a mental health professional even if I did find one. I don't know what to do. I don't see any solutions.

[lastsecondsquirrel]

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[caligvlasaqvarivm]

wanna ask how you feel about the eridan bpd headcanon/theory(?? not sure what to call it!) you're so good at your character analysis and i'd love to see your outlook on it

Since I don't have a degree or any formal training in psychology, I feel deeply uncomfortable diagnosing characters. I've made an autism joke before but only because I'm on the spectrum. He's definitely traumatized and anxious, but I mean those as descriptors of his behavior rather than capital-D Diagnoses. I try to focus on those when I can - the cause and effect of cognition, self-image, and behavior - and those factors may very well match up with DSM criteria, but I try not to touch an actual diagnosis with a ten foot pole unless the author has explicitly stated that X character has Y condition.

[roarwellnessindia]

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[clever-and-unique-name]

I was talking to my therapist about a lot of Parts Things (tm) yesterday, and at one point I fell silent for a bit while trying to parse the amorphous chatter from my internal peanut gallery. When my therapist gently nudged me about my thoughts, I tried to explain the feeling as best I could, but felt like I wasn't articulating what was going on very well.

And she says, "Oh, so it's a bit like when you open up a bunch of new tabs online, and everything is struggling to load at once and you can't pick which tab to open first?"

I nearly burst into tears from surprise at being so thoroughly understood because YES, that was EXACTLY what was going on!!!

[grimm-the-tiger]

I love (maybe) having Avoidant Personality Disorder. Why don't you make more friends? Because I'm scared they'll push me away. Why don't you grow a spine? Because having a shiny new spine might scare people off. Why don't you talk more? Because I spend more time picking apart the conversation for my own errors than I spend actually having the conversation. Anyway, I'm going to go stare at a wall for an hour because I phrased a sentence wrong ten minutes ago and now I'm worried my friends hate me and are never going to speak to me again.

[rainywhispersblog]

[batfamfucker]

There are four main types of Batfam fans in regard to how people interpret Bruce Wayne as a dad (/Joking. This is mostly satire and should not be taken seriously):

Fans that think Bruce is emotionally constipated and isn't the best at being a parent but still tries (Differs per person). Don't necessarily think he's absuive but thinks he can be toxic or have unhealthy expectations for the Robins. Can smell the Oldest Daughter Syndrome coming from Dick and have Family Line (By Conan Gray) as their top song on their Dick inspired playlist and Daddy Issues (By The Neighbourhood) for Jason.

Fans that choose to believe Bruce goes to therapy in their own canon. Love B:WFA. Thinks the comic can be cheesy at times and so find a balance between B:WFA Bruce and Please Go To Therapy BruceTM as their middle ground. He struggles. They advocate that Bruce is not a bad parent, he just has bad writers that seem to forget Bruce wouldn't hurt kids, especially not his own. Love the humane moments and scenes he has in BTAS and the early JL cartoons. He may not be perfect but he's not literally abusive. Whores for Bruce being able to admit when he is wrong and for Jason and Bruce reconciling. I recommend Grow As We Go by Ben Platt for this one.

A mix between the first two. Was fine-ish when Dick was younger. Didn't help him in the healthiest way but eh. Still emotionally constipated but that happened more so after Dick left and Jason died. Started getting better when Tim came back but was still closed off. Should probably go to therapy with the kids so they can drag his ass about all the things he's done that have actually affected them negatively. Understands his mistakes and is also able to admit when he's wrong, eventually. It's not easy but he starts to do better and learns to be more emotionally available. Still has to get chewed out by Alfred sometimes but definitely better than he used to be and it shows. Reconciliation is slow and gradual but progress is made for everyone involved.

The one's I personally avoid for my own sanity and wellbeing:

Think Bruce is a complete bastard and abuser. Want him to choke. Hate any and all interpretations of him. Some of which will refuse to understand how anyone could have a different interpretation. Will point out comics where, in all fairness, he is a dick but forget that characterisation can significantly differ from one series to the next, as comic characters are constantly passed around to different writers and have been for decades. Not to mention movies, shows, etc.