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cluster b culture is when your attention needs haven’t been met, so you’ve been physically exhausted all day
double points if your regular attention source is busy
#cluster b culture is#cluster b#npd#aspd#bpd#hpd#Mod Reef#anonymous#MOOD#and i'm ALREADY tired all day because of suspected chronic illness
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I look at alot of qanon support subreddits because Im interested (and also kind of realizing the only biological family I really had left fell for the similar shit and its why I cant fucking speak to them anymore) and the amount of people in the comments telling people to get their paranoid conspiracy theory obsessed family members involuntarily hospitalized or forcefully put under conservatorships is insane
#Literally what the fuck is wrong with people#Literally trying to get peoples rights taken away#Yeah alot of these people are scumbags but obviously doing that shit isnt actually gonna help anything#And you know doing that shit punitively is fucked too#but its not even that this are suggestions being made under the guise of like It Being Helpful#Its not even for people who seem lowkey genuinely delusional its just like#'my parents are making bad financial decisions' 'get them declared mentally unfit to have control over their own money!'#Reddit has such a bad trend of this kind of shit its exactly like how everybody diagnoses everyone abusive in their life with ASPD#on reddit.com you cannot just be a bad person or just somebody who had pre-existing bigotries and hatreds that made you#suspectible to falling for conspiracy theories that confirmed your beliefs#its obviously always a mental illness because the only way you can be wrong or a dick is if you have a Mental Illness#it is very funny because reddit is also one of those places where everyone thinks they care so much about mental health yet#everyones constantly talking about how people with symptoms of anything that isnt depression or anxiety should#get involuntary hospitalized and you should call the cops on someone if you know theyre cutting and also#Your abusive parent was actually a narcissist because narcissists are inherently abusive and all abusers are Narcissists
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anyone else fucking exhausted of people telling them your coping mechanisms are “bad?” but by bad they just mean it doesn’t make you pass as neurotypical
yanderecore helps me cope. i have no desire to appear neurotypical on tumblr dot com of all places. i’d rather bask in the melancholy sadness that is yanderecore than actually act out on my obsessive, violent urges in real life. i’d rather get out my sick twisted obsessions via the harmless sanctuary that is fiction than to harm real people in the real world
if you don’t like it? not my problem. never asked for your opinion period. you’re not my therapist honey so put a sock in it.
#its worse when ppl who suspect they have bpd tell you this#like UHM#honey did i fucking ask for your opinion??????#read my lips: the answer is no#bpd#cluster b#personality disorder#npd#aspd#hpd#yanderecore
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i generally avoid talking about it much because i know so many people love it, but i get really tired of seeing people rec the bright sessions as an honest portrayal of mental illness and etc because while the podcast does do a pretty good job talking about things like depression and anxiety, it also has an actual practicing therapist describe her patient, who she’s known for years, as potentially having a personality disorder and the punishing him for showing symptoms. there’s so much i could say about damien being the only character with a personality disorder, and how everyone’s allowed to learn and grow while he has his power taken from him, suffers medical abuse, and is left forced to make his way through society as someone who has not only never finished high school, but has never had a positive relationship with literally anyone ever
but, idk, i’m glad other people found it relatable. i guess having a power that activates with your anxiety is pretty cool, but cindy moon’s existed for years now and honestly, she’s way more interesting to me than sam
#i hate tbs because it made me a damien stan just be virtue of being so terrible to him#that is not how you write a good villain#ppl even brought up the fact that its bad to have a villain w aspd and laure.n shippen was just like#'oh dont worry hes not diagnosed'#like. as if that in any way makes me feel better about the way she treats characters who ppl just SUSPECT have a pd#adventures of angel
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With all of the PDs, how much of the criteria do you have to fit?
PPD: 4 or more
Suspects w/o evidence that people are planning to harm them
Preoccupied w/ doubts about loyalty & trustworthiness
Reluctant to share info about themselves out of fear that it’ll be used against them
Misinterprets innocent remarks or behaviours as threats
Holds grudges
Quick to get angry or [counter]attack people based on what they think are threats
Suspects partner of cheating
+ Must not be part of schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder, bipolar disorders, but can be premorbid to schizophrenia
SZPD: 4 or more
Doesn’t enjoy close relationships
Almost always chooses to be alone
Asexual
Finds little pleasure in activities
Lacks close friends, other than family
Appears indifferent to praise or criticism
Flat/cold emotional expression
+ Must not be part of schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder, bipolar disorders or autism, but can be premorbid to schizophrenia
STPD: 5 or more
Ideas of reference (not delusional)
Odd beliefs or magical thinking (not delusional)
Unusual perceptions/illusions (not hallucinations)
Odd thinking & speech
Suspicion or paranoia
Inappropriate or flat emotional expression
Strange behaviour or appearance
Lacks close friends, other than family
Social anxiety & paranoia about social interactions
+ Must not be part of schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder, bipolar disorders or autism, but can be premorbid to schizophrenia
ASPD: 3 or more
Doesn’t conform to social norms esp. in regards to the law
Deceitful
Impulsive
Irritability & aggression
Reckless & disregards their & others’ safety
Irresponsible
Lacks remorse
+ Must be at least 18, have had symptoms of Conduct Disorder before 15, & not be part of schizophrenia or bipolar disorders
BPD: 5 or more
Frantically avoids abandonment
Splitting, unstable relationships
Unstable sense of self
Damaging impulsivity
Self harm & suicidal behaviour
Mood swings
Feeling empty
Intense anger
Dissociation &/or paranoia
HPD: 5 or more
Uncomfortable w/o attention
Inappropriate sexual behaviour
Mood swings
Uses appearance to get attention
Speech mimics others’, lacks detail
Dramatic
Suggestible
Overestimates intimacy
NPD: 5 or more
Grandiose sense of self
Fantasies of success, power, etc
Feels special & unique
Needs admiration
Feels entitled
Exploitative
Lacks empathy
Jealous
Arrogant
AVPD: 4 or more
Avoidance b/c of fear of criticism, disapproval, rejection
Unwilling to have relationships unless certain they’ll be liked
Restrained in relationships b/c fear of shame, humiliation
Preoccupied with fears of criticism or rejection
Restrained in social situations b/c of fear
Views self as inadequate
Reluctant to do new things out of fear of embarrassment
DPD: 5 or more
Difficulty making everyday decisions
Needs others to be responsible for major areas of life
Difficulty being assertive b/c fear of loss of support
Difficulty doing things by themselves b/c lack self-confidence
Feels uncomfortable or helpless when alone
Urgently finds a new relationship when one ends
Unrealistically preoccupied w/ fears of being alone
OCPD: 4 or more
Preoccupied with details, rules etc so that the point of the activity is lost
Perfectionism that interferes with life
Workaholicism that interferes with life & relationships
Overly inflexible & hyperaware of morals, values
Things have to be done their way
Hoards money in case of future need
Rigid & stubborn
#long post#pd info#dogasks#these are from the dsm; the icd is a little different#no bold#ppd#ppd info#szpd#szpd info#stpd#stpd info#aspd#aspd info#bpd#bpd info#hpd#hpd info#avpd#avpd info#npd#npd info#dpd#dpd info#ocpd#ocpd info#diagnostic criteria#i could criticise these all day long but thats not what ths post is abouf
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Some thoughts on mental illness stigma
These things are both true:
personality disorders (especially but not limited to NPD and ASPD), psychosis, OSDD/DID, and schizophrenia-spectrum conditions are stigmatized in a way that is not just quantitatively but qualitatively different from the stigma surrounding depression and anxiety.
- as an example of this: consider the (inaccurate) idea that mentally ill people commit more violence. when someone says that, who are they thinking of as "the mentally ill"? probably not people who just have depression and anxiety.
- as another example, try googling "depression recovery" and compare the results (mostly information on how to recover from your own depression) to what you get when you google "NPD recovery" (mostly information for people without NPD on why those horrible people ruining your life definitely have NPD, a condition they equate with Evil Abuser Syndrome).
when pointing this out, it's important not to use language that implies that depression or anxiety have no stigma, or are totally accepted, or that their acceptance isn't predicated on ignoring the uglier parts of their reality not only is that not true, it's also bad rhetoric. especially when talking about mental illness, a lot of the audience is going to have experienced depression or anxiety.
- I suspect that people who are actively experiencing depression and/or anxiety may be more likely to interpret that kind of language as a negative remark on them and their experience, due to the cognitive distortions that these illnesses can impose. and that's going to suck for everyone involved. the audience won't absorb the point being made, and they might feel bad about themselves for no reason. lose/lose.
#stigma#mental health stigma#bpd stigma#actually szpd#npdsafe#sorry for the focus on personality disorders but as a nonpsychotic I don't really feel like I can speak confidently about the stigma there#also as a singlet I can't talk that much about DID stigma either#and I may be on the schizospectrum but only at the far end of it so I'm not gonna run my mouth about schizophrenia/schizoaffective either#mental illness stigma
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So in the past I would like to think about what kind of mental state Sakuya was in and I’m not a big fan of how I handled it. So I’m kind of starting over, and to start with I’m going to say that Sakuya has Antisocial Personality Disorder. (ASPD)
Touhou Canon can be interpreted however one wishes due to the loose nature of it, but when I looked at Sakuya in canon, I always internally thought that she may be a psychopath.
“Psychopath” is a term that tends to get thrown around loosely due to a vast misunderstanding of what they really are. In definition, psychopaths are a subgroup of people with ASPD, meaning that people who are diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder are not all psychopaths, but in the case of Sakuya, yes, she is one.
To qualify as a psychopath, the person has to be diagnosed with ASPD as well as be a remorseless predator towards other people and willingly engage in violence to get what they want, no matter what that may be. This is a common diagnosis amongst serial murderers, and Sakuya being one herself fits that bill perfectly.
“What does this have to do with canon? Sakuya isn’t explicitly a murderer in canon Touhou.” Well, I want to point to her behavior in the canon Touhou games.
Sakuya is someone who is very much and instigator of violence, even more so than most other characters. This is made more apparent when you pay attention not only to her physical behavior but also her verbal behavior in the games.
Sakuya in canon has:
Told Chen to go kill herself.
Shown little to no remorse for other people.
Begged her mistress to allow her to beat Keine simply because she found her irritating.
Impulsively opened a window while in space because she was positive that they were entering an atmosphere.
Openly mock a self-conscious werewolf for her own amusement.
Fakes being influenced by a possessed knife just so she could go on a slaughtering spree in DDC.
Continued to do so even after the incident was resolved, allowing her Mistress to come along and watch.
Openly insulting Nazrin by calling her a rat and telling her to go dig through the trash, uncaring that her peers were around her.
Robbed a cat youkai of her cards whereas the other protagonists agreed to look at her wares like a normal customer after a friendly fight.
In part this kind of makes Sakuya hilarious as a protagonist because all the others usually have some sort of good motive for doing so, but Sakuya either does it for other members of the mansion or just does whatever she pleases.
But getting back on track, this kind of behavior that she’s exhibited is similar to the behavior of people diagnosed with ASPD. She is impulsive, aggressive, and indifferent towards the pain of others.
“But how can she be all of these things if she’s so elegant?” Easy answer. She’s a high-functioning psychopath. High-functioning psychopaths are the ones who are able to get away with their crimes. People like this are generally seen as very charming to their peers, leading to them being less suspect. This is how Sakuya was able to keep such a low profile in the outside world, even without the aid of her time manipulation.
I am no means an expert. I simply find the subject of true crime and mental disorders a rather interesting topic to research. Of course I am against the stigma that people with Antisocial Personality Disorder face, and I hope that my interest in the subject is enough to spark some interest in my readers to go out and learn something for themselves. Even if it doesn’t then that’s alright, because I am simply doing this for fun.
#Time Has Stopped (ooc) ⧖#headcanons#there we go#I hope I weeded out all the typos in this. It's a bit long.
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ABOUT US!
Hello everyone! We had a blog on here before but we lost access to it so here’s the new one!
We are the colour wheel! We are a dissociative multiplicity. We’re pretty sure we have DID but we’ve been advised against self diagnosing by our psychiatrist, he told us to wait for our assessment to finish before we label ourselves with anything for definite.
We are physically 15, physically white, autistic (prof. diagnosed), dyspraxic (prof. diagnosed), hypermobile (prof. diagnosed), demand avoidant (prof. diagnosed), short sighted (prof. diagnosed), hard of hearing (APD) (self diagnosed), chronically anxious (prof. diagnosed), and we suffer from chronic pain.
We are diagnosed with C-PTSD, OCD, chronic Generalised Anxiety Disorder and heart arrhythmia. We’re suspected by our doctors to have Borderline Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
Most of us use xenoidentities due to our dissociation
This blog is a safe space for (plsint)…
The LGBTQIA2S+ community, disabled people (including partially disabled people), PwDID/PwOSDD, PoC, people with stigmatised mental illnesses (NPD, ASPD, BPD, BIID, Schizospec disorders, psychosis, bipolar, etc), young cane/walker/crutch/scooter users, SFW age regressors, SFW species regressors, legal paraphiles, CSA victims, SAM people, everyone on the aspec, neurodisabled/neurodisordered people, sex workers, xenogender users, neopronoun users, xenoidentity users.
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#actually autistic#actually dissociative#dissociative identity disorder#did#OSDD#otherwise specified dissociative disorder#mogai#anti endo mogai#aemogai
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is it possible to be diagnosed with just one PD but have a bunch of small symptoms from others without being able to meet full diagnostic criteria? I was professionally diagnosed w bpd but i suspect myself of having a lot of symptoms from both aspd and npd (my therapist also alluded to that its not "just" bpd in my case but she refused to elaborate)
yes! with personality disorders, and cluster b especially, there is a ton of comorbidity and trait sharing. you might be described as a borderline with aspd/npd traits. you can also have several personality disorders. i believe once you reach full criteria for 4 or more, you’re diagnosed simply as having “severe personality disorder”.
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suspecting/self diagnosed (we’re like 95% sure now) cluster b culture is: worrying that you’ll lose your partner (and closest friend) because you have npd + aspd
he didn’t react the way we wanted when we brought it up casually/jokingly
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#cluster b culture is#self diagnosed cluster b culture is#npd culture is#aspd culture is#aspd + npd culture is#self diagnosed npd culture is#self diagnosed aspd culture is#self diagnosed aspd + npd culture is#cluster b#npd#aspd#Mod Reef#anonymous#MOOD#man i'm sorry anon
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Can you explain more about delusions and npd? I don't remember if you've talked about it before
Of course! NPD is actually primarily definable by the delusions commonly associated with the disorder. These are commonly described in general as 'delusions of grandeur'' but there’s a lot more to them than that.
In general, there are several different variants of delusions, including but not necessarily limited to: Erotomanic, grandiose, bizarre grandiose, jealous/infidelity, persecutory, referential, negation/nihilistic, and somatic.
Within NPD, as far as I know, the most common types are erotomanic, (bizarre) grandiose, persecutory, and negation/nihilistic can also show up mixing with grandiose. I suspect somatic could also show up based on what I know about the disorder, but I don't see it commonly spoken about.
Specifics about what each type of delusion means under the cut!
Erotomanic - Delusions regarding someone being in love with them. According to most sources, erotomanic delusions are commonly targeted toward a person of great importance or fame. This type of delusion can often involve reading into the world as giving one 'signs', things like thinking certain gestures are a beckoning or things such as that. May have overlap with grandiose ("Everyone in the world is in love with me").
Grandiose - Delusions regarding being special or having extraordinary talents ("I know how to do everything", "If I were to try to do that I would do it perfectly", "If I were in a position of power the world would be fixed"). These are most the delusions most commonly associated with NPD or ASPD.
Bizarre Grandiose - These are a subtype of grandiose. These often focus around spiritual or religious beliefs ("I am God", "God chose me") but can also focus upon supernatural ability ("I have powers nobody else has"). Again, these are most commonly associated with NPD and ASPD.
Jealous/Infidelity - Delusions regarding the loyalty of those around you/that you may just be being lead along by those in your life, also commonly associated with fear of incoming abandonment, and they must be for little to no reason ("My partner is cheating on me", "My best friend doesn’t actually like me", "I saw my partner with someone, they’re going to leave me"). Commonly seen in disorders like BPD or PPD.
Persecutory - Delusions regarding people in the world intending on harming you ("I'm being watched", "People are tracking me"). Most commonly associated with psychotic disorders or PPD. Can show up in NPD by mixing with grandiose ("People want to hurt me because I’m special").
Referential/Delusions of Reference - Delusions regarding ordinary, everyday experiences having hidden meanings ("I believe this song has a message specifically for me", "the clouds are telling me something"). Most commonly associated with schizo-spec disorders.
Negation/Nihilistic - Delusions rendering life/the world meaningless ("No matter what I try, I cannot affect the world", "nothing is real"). Delusions suffered in this type typically fall under the realm of Cotard’s delusion (delusions regarding being nonexistent or dead). Can have commonalities with bizarre grandiose ("I'm the only person in the world", "Nobody is real except me").
Somatic - Delusions that someone suffers from a disorder or medical issue. Associated with hypochondria.
Unspecific - Delusions not fitting into any particular category.
Mixed - Showing delusions of two or more different types.
Hope this helps!
#npd#delusions#psychosis#moss speaks#moss answers#asks and answers#gemi#tw delusions#tw unreality#tw nihilism#tw paranoia#long post
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Hello! I’ve mentioned I wanted to make a master post about cluster b disorders for the TR fandom, so here it is. The reason I set out to do this is so anyone interested can have a baseline knowledge of them without sifting through academic papers for hours and to try and stop some of the misinformation happening when talking about Mikey. I’ll link my research at the bottom too, so y’all can take a look. I have decided to narrow my focus to ASPD just because that’s what most people mean when they call Mikey a sociopath and for my own sanity.
First off, I want to mention that it is particularly difficult to understand what Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is and do research on it. This is because of the history and stigma surrounding it. ASPD, formerly psychopath/sociopath (both were used to describe what they used to believe was two disorders which is now modern day ASPD) were not a treatment based label. They were basically labels that meant the psychologist diagnosing a person did not believe were treatable. It was a discriminatory label used to predict criminal recidivism and how dangerous a person was in general. It also was a label that excluded those diagnosed from medical treatment for mental health. This stigma continues today as those with ASPD who do try to get help are often rejected by therapists and mental institutions.
The stigma in the medical field has meant that actual medical research about symptoms and especially treatment are incredibly limited. ASPD was only added as a treatment-focused diagnosis in the DSM-5. Many of the diagnostic criteria are underdeveloped and very descriptive how it impacts people around someone with ASPD rather than the patient. Those of us who are autistic know that this is faulty at best for diagnosis as it does not actually understand the internal feelings and mechanisms of the disorder and how it affects the person with it.
The point of all this introduction being that you should take this research with a grain of salt. The best source for how any mental illness works is from the people who have it because they are often at least 5 years ahead of the medical field in their understanding of it because they experience it themselves. However, it is very hard to find ASPD communities who talk about it, so I’m doing my best off of the few ASPD advocates I know. My views on mental health will affect the way I communicate this information because much of the documents I had to look through spoke about ASPD through an ableist/stigmatizing lens and I refuse to regurgitate that.
An important point I’d like to make is that ASPD, and any personality disorder, can not be diagnosed before the age of eighteen (so past Mikey at least can not be diagnosed with it) though symptoms often start in a person’s teens. This is because your personality is not set until you are an adult and ASPD has a lot of overlaps and comorbidity with other disorders which have to be ruled out first. If a person is suspected of having ASPD, they may be diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct disorder (CD) as a child which do not actually have anything to do with ASPD (they are just comorbid), and are disorders that describe how children respond to trauma at a young age. ODD is when a child persistently causing problems to those around them which can include outburst of anger, being intentionally annoying, and blaming others for mistakes. CD is when a child is aggressive and frequently breaks serious rules or laws. Both can be what people colloquially know as anger issues.
The causes for ASPD are not completely known; however, it is believed to be affected in some way by genes (most likely through epigenetics), but the main way is through trauma during child development, specifically violent, unstable, or chaotic family life during childhood. Those with ASPD are more likely to break the law and struggle with addiction. The most defining characteristic of ASPD is an impairment in either identity or self direction and an impairment in empathy or intimacy, but much of the diagnostic criteria I have found describe actions those with ASPD often correlate with such as breaking the law, aggression, and addiction. Most treatments have not been thoroughly tested in a clinical setting either and often focus on treating symptoms. The medical field previously held the belief that ASPD was untreatable; however, studies have shown ASPD patients often are open to treatment if their disorder is explained to them and treatment needs to be very structured. An important note is that a lot of ASPD studies are done on those in prison which has led to long term medical bias.
People with ASPD are often disconnected from their own emotions and the emotions of others. It is often described as incredible suffering for the patient, more so than any disorder and to those around them. Many can not connect to others properly due to a lack of empathy and some report not being able to feel emotions. However, contrary to popular belief, people ASPD can feel empathy towards those very close to them, but often struggle to feel for those outside of that inner circle. They are also often chronically bored and have a hard time finding fulfillment, setting long term goals, and struggle with impulsivity. These factors can be what lead to the large correlation with crime and addiction.
In relation to Tokyo Revengers, we must be thoughtful about the ways we discuss Mikey’s mental illness. In the fiction, it is possible Mikey has ASPD and it could be an very authentic and nuanced portrayal, and I’d love it if this community could be able to have a meaningful conversation about it, but we need to understand ASPD so we can avoid stigmatizing it further.
Thank you so much for reading, I can’t believe I ended up writing an entire essay with sources for this!
Sources:
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-8-66 (an argument for more research into ASPD and DSM changes)
https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/behavior.html (ODD & CD diagnostic criteria)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/070674371506000703 (the abstract is the only thing I was able to read. This link won’t go live due to it being from a journal)
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353928 (actual list of diagnostic criteria if you’re interested)
https://www.psi.uba.ar/academica/carrerasdegrado/psicologia/sitios_catedras/practicas_profesionales/820_clinica_tr_personalidad_psicosis/material/dsm.pdf (dsm 4 & 5 diagnostic criteria)
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/your-stories/life-with-antisocial-personality-disorder-aspd/ (a person with ASPD talking about their life and experience with ASPD, I highly recommend everyone read it)
#tokyo revengers#the invincible mikey#tokyo revengers spoilers#tokyo revengers manga#tokyo rev#sano manjiro#aspd#antisocial personality disorder#mental health#tokrev spoilers#tr spoilers#tr#tr 241#you know the hyperfixatiom has set in when you write an academic essay only tangentially related to your hyperfixation
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I was just curious since I was looking through your selfie tag and some of the older ones are tagged #bpd selfies (along with #npd selfies) but I thought you had npd and aspd? Were you misdiagnosed at some point? I've noticed A LOT of afab people are misdiagnosed with BPD when they actually have npd and/or aspd. Everyone I've known with NPD have been trans and afab and were diagnosed with/suspected to have BPD at first. An abusive ex of mine convinced me I had BPD when I was a teenager and I later went on to be diagnosed with NPD. I'd be interested in hearing about your experience if you were diagnosed incorrectly at some point!
ahhh okay, yea I was!
when I was originally going to therapy for pds in general and trying to figure out what was going on I got diagnosed with bpd, and got told I couldnt possibly have aspd for literally nothing but sexist reasons (one therapist i had insisted my anger problems were "moodiness" that had to be caused by menstruation. I did not see him again after that session lmfaooo) because I wasn't out yet and was still presenting as a woman in therapy
things like sexism and racism and queerphobia are fucking RAMPANT in mental health spaces and ive known a lot of people including myself who have had issues and been misdiagnosed because of it. things like diagnosing black patients with scz spec disorders at much higher rates and diagnosing aspd in amab ppl at higher rates or underdiagnosing bipolar disorder in men and all that kinda shit
I also have bipolar disorder and the only symtpms of bpd that I experience are ones that overlap with/are covered under my bipd dx and any of the BPD exclusive symptoms like favorite ppl and issues with jealousy, ect ect were things I didnt experience. it also didnt cover any of the behaviors and feelings I was having that come from my aspd. but I had a really hard time getting ppl to not completely disregard aspd as an option becsuse since I was afab and already had bipolar I clearly just had bpd
it took about a year? maybe a little more I dont totally remember, to finally talk through enough stuff and realize I def didn't have bpd and actually had aspd
I finally ended up with a really good therapy team at this one place I was going and I had a dbt therapist and an anger management therapist and they both helped me figure my shit out and thats when we settled on bipolar, aspd, and npd as my actual diagnosis
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I've had this question for quite a while now with seemingly no acceptable answer as of yet. I'm someone who doesn't feel guilt, empathy, and in fact enjoys others' suffering. I'm...disgusting by this, unsure of when it even started if by any chance I simply wasn't born like this. All I get through trying to research is NPD, ASPD, psychopathy....I suspect I have BPD, but that wouldn't affect my guilt. I'm not sure where to go from here, if it's any of that at all.
this one symptom doesn't really give me enough to go off, but having remorse or no empathy is most common in ASPD, NPD, OCPD, SZPD, autism, schizophrenia & dissociative disorders. BPD, all other PDs, and bipolar disorders can lack empathy as well.
the fact that you’re aware and disgusted by this means that you can probably work in therapy to ‘recover’ your empathy. but i would like to reiterate that having no empathy or remorse is not a bad thing and doesn’t make you a bad person!
try not to focus on labels. work with a professional if you can. you’ll be ok!
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i just wanna reinvent myself. i want to travel from small town to small town and be a different person to everyone. i want to lie to everyone and i want them to never find out. i want to leave town as one person and arrive in the next as someone entirely new. i can’t hurt anyone with my dishonesty if i leave before they find out i’ve lied to them about everything, right? but at the same time, i want to know what would happen… idk, it’s just a dream of mine. (suspected aspd btw)
oh my god you just described my dream life. if i could do this with my life it would be the frickin best
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Pinned post revamp!
We're the Mechanisms System! We're a traumagenic monoconscious system. We suspect OSDD-1b
We're explicitly endo-safe, so please DNI if you support fakeclaiming, harassing, or mocking endogenic systems.
We have NPD w/ ASPD traits. If you support "narc abuse" terminology fuck off. Or any cluster B abuse for that matter
Pro informed self dx, pro psych + prison abolition, anarchist, anti fascist, etc
Headmate intros under the cut, as well as terms and pronouns we use both collectively and individually!
Collective pronouns: it/he/they
Intros!
Terms we're comfortable with: system (and all variations such as collective, group, etc), headmate, systemmate/member, alter, plural, multiple
Terms we don't use: facets, parts
Elliott- he/fae || no known role || fae || transmasc, gnc, cottagecore art boy. absolute ray of sunshine.
Elrían/Trace- they/it || host || elf || the "default setting" (affectionate). Vin's partner. (NOT TRANS RACE. TRACE IS STRAIGHT UP JUST MY NAME.)
Corvid- he/xe || protector || human || punk, anarchist, one of the two NPD symptom holders, often angry. favorite color is purple
Gavin- he/him || caretaker || introject/fictive, demon || Elrían's bf. rarely fronts, if ever. deals more with things on the inside.
Cr- he/they/xe || none(?) || human || pirate. mischievous and adventurous, a bit of a troublemaker
Glitch- it/its || none || robot/android || calm, analytical, curious. rarely fronts.
Riley/Riles- they/them || syskid/little || human || rarely fronts, easily overwhelmed. they wont be interacting here.
Dormant but we don't wanna delete their intros
Sarin- they/them(?) || who knows || human(?) || the other NPD symptom holder, arrogant af
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