#the word ‘narcissist/narcissistic’ does not just have to solely refer to people with NPD. the word existed way before it was a diagnosis | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thriftdyke · 1 year ago

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feel like some people need to understand that just bc a word is used as part of a diagnostic label / criteria in the dsm doesn’t mean it doesn’t have like. meaning outside of that

#too tired to explain fully but like.#the word ‘narcissist/narcissistic’ does not just have to solely refer to people with NPD. the word existed way before it was a diagnosis #same with anxious/depressed/obsessive/etc.#like I get the frustration with not wanting people to use words that don’t apply to them #but let’s not act like diagnoses themselves aren’t like. completely socially constructed and subjectively decided categories #designed to make it easier for drug and insurance companies to bill people #like that’s literally it #like yes reduce the stigma #but also maybe let’s do away with this diagnostic purity shit altogether. idk

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