#stigmatised disorders

[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.

[psychotic-tbh]

This this this!

people with ‘scary’ and ‘weird’ mental issues i love you.

i love schizophrenics. i love psychotic people, i love people on the schizospectrum, i love people with DID and OSDD, i love people with NPD, i love people with PPD, i love people with SPD, i love people with ASPD, i love people with personality disorders, i love people who hallucinate, people who have delusions, and people who have paranoia. i love people who are mentally ill in ways that are viewed as strange and scary by society. 

it is not your fault that you struggle. you are valid. you are deserving of care and you are deserving of love. your issues do not negate any of that.

[little-cirrus-fibratus]

A genuine question for people with ASPD or/and NPD

People with ASPD (antisocial personality disorder) or/and NPD (narcissistic personality disorder), I am genuinely curious about what you believe is the core part of aspd and npd, and how you see the world. How does it feel to have these disorders? How do people treat you? How do you treat people? How can one understand how it must be like for you?

These disorders are VERY stigmatised. Even actual medical journals and sites perpetuate this stigmatisation, and there's this whole thing of "narcissistic abuse" or that all people with antisocial personality disorder are serial killers. I simply refuse to believe this, it's not nuanced enough, and I genuinely seek to understand. And maybe other people may find this thread of posts and also understand.

So people with npd/aspd, add on, explain anything you wish people knew about your disorder.

Coming from a fellow person with a highly stigmatised disorder (schizophrenia) who wishes to understand.

[rainesol]

Guys I’m not headcanoning Riddle as having OCD because I’m #woke or projecting or reaching or whatever. I’m headcanoning it because I played the fucking game 😭

[kidrat]

We need to end the ‘loud/obnoxious character getting headcanoned as adhd and the quiet/nervous one getting headcanoned as autistic’ industrial complex

[tleeaves]

Another day, another mental disorder I add to my list to get checked for though the symptoms overlap with others already on there which just makes it more complicated.

@faithfromanewperspective idk if we've talked about it before, but I'm adding a tentative BPD, which is also suspected to run in my family.

[namazunomegami]

I ACED MY CLUSTER B EXAM FOLKS!!!!!! I’M OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED!!!!

[very-uncorrect]

Have you considered you're on the schizo-spec?

Yeah I've thought about it before a few times, ig I am at the age where it often starts in people (late teens iirc?)

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

if I had a nickel for every time c!tommy was demonised for showing blatant signs of psychosis and delusions of persecution i’d be the richest person alive. but people don’t even acknowledge that c!tommy has canonically had psychotic episodes (with delusions so frequent he genuinely couldn’t tell them from reality at times) except to say the actions of the people who hurt him must all be in his head. the ableism towards c!tommy in this fandom is sickening and it goes unnoticed because people reduce it down to his ptsd (which he has canonically had since at least the l’manberg war yet people push the date further back too) instead of including his psychotic episodes or severe self worth issues or severely disordered eating or addictive personality bc it gives them an excuse to pretend they’re in the right.

[actuallysuffering]

Getting pissed off bc nobody's helping me in a situation then realising I'm being the evil not understanding narcissist by expecting ppl to drop what they're doing and save me

[kkoct-ik]

i really appreciate that post you made on did. i've suspected i've had it for a very long time but the culture thats grown around it on the internet has made me afraid to talk about it or look for help.

i sympathise a lot anon. i was diagnosed a few years ago but absolutely hate talking about it because im so at odds with how the internet portrays it. i hope you can find answers and treatment for your issues soon

[angeltism]

ohh the Guilt

[faaun]

I have bpd and hearing your comments and feelings on this topic feels so,,, refreshing and good. Like, genuinely, people don’t understand how bad it hurts to google search your disorder in hopes of finding some extra info, or something to send to a friend to have them understand a part of your disorder you’re explaining, etc, and every search result google gives you is “here’s the basics of harmful-emotional-manipulator disorder,” “what to do if you’re STUCK in a relationship with a bpd person,” “how to love someone with bpd even though it’s so hard” …. It just hurts so bad knowing that if I tell a loved one that I have borderline personality disorder, if they try to go learn about it, they’ll just be getting warning signals about me rather than helpful basic medical/emotional/psychiatric info. I appreciate you so much— I rarely feel that much empathy about my bpd. You are kind beyond words

I'm glad you find some comfort in my thoughts!! however it does break my heart that it seems so rare to hold a base level of understanding and compassion towards those with PDs, it really shouldn't be this way - i shouldn't appear particularly kind bc all of society should at least hold this amt of understanding yk?

scientific journals are infamous for talking about patients and participants in a dehumanising way, and yet relative to other articles online, theu are the most "compassionate" kind of source you can find. i cannot imagine being diagnosed w a PD and looking up ways to manage your symptoms and all you see is articles that don't just dehumanise, but actively demonise. i hope one day we grow as a society and realise the cruelty in treating a whole group of people - most of whom have suffered childhood traumas - as evil or something to escape not because of their actions but simply because of a diagnosis. i really hope things change.

[autopsyfreak]

i am incapable of being excited about the achievements of others. i do not care what you have achieved.

the only feelings i may have about that is if you’re succeeding at something that i enjoy more than i am, in which case i just experience bitter hatred towards you.

[sugarfreesyscourse]

Anyway I'm gonna log off already and who knows when I'll be back on here again but jesus christ some of you need to go outside and interact with people who don't spend all their time online.

Realise being nonverbal isn't typing out names of emojis longer than what you even WANT to say typed out.

Realising that supporting groups that actively want you to make your symptoms worse or more exaggerated just because they have one good idea or principle or belief that isn't even exclusively theirs isn't the big cool accepting flex you think it is.

Or that acting out on stigmatised parts of a disorder and hiding behind it as an excuse isn't acceptable, and that you're just hurting others and reinforcing a negative opinion they'll have of ANYONE with that disorder.

You're making your own lives harder, and other peoples. It's honestly miserable.

You people try so hard to not be ableist that you go full circle and are extremely ableist.