#where the entire premise was like “bipolar bad” or smthn and it just came iff really insensitive | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

alyimoss · 1 month ago

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Biggest psych nerd pet peeve is when people use mental discorders inaccurately. For example people saying a character has DID without looking into it (ie. the only trauma they’d ever experienced was an adult, which is not grounds for being diagnosed with DID) instead of any of the other dissociative disorders that very well could fit this character. I mean what

#THIS!!! IT BOTHERS ME... SO MUCH...#like yeah no hc characters however you want. but if its smthn like a mental disorder then pleasee make it accurate...#i wont lie this. reminded me of that “cross isnt trans” post that said one of his most likely diagnoses is did...#like. i don't remember what the maximum age for developing did is so like could you hc him as having did? possibly. considering his trauma #started when he was a child and was continuous (which i believe is one of the criteria for the development of did)#but like. aside from that #there is little in canon to suggest that diagnosis (unlike killer for example for whom the diagnosis would still be wrong but more #understandable why people think he has it) and thats not to aay you cant have headcanons that arent outright supported by canon material #but rather that that person was arguing about canonicity and plausibility/support in canon and in terms of that. they were wrong #anyway um main point is do your research everyone. portraying mental disorders and disabilities accurately is very important imo #accurately and in good faith #my adderall is kicking in so i wanna keep talking but if i do ill go massively off topic talking abt that one game #where the entire premise was like “bipolar bad” or smthn and it just came iff really insensitive #anyway yeah im gonna stop yapping ✌️#rebog

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