#mental disorders

[autie-hobbit]

Communication issues with Autism is more than just being too blunt and sometimes needing someone to explain something differently. 

You guys really need to stop acting like all of our communication problems are Allistics’ fault, that maybe if they just accommodated you a bit more, then you wouldn't have any communication problems. 

While yes, I do think Allistics should be more open to accommodating other forms of communication, all of your communication issues aren't just gonna go away with accommodations. 

I know y'all love blaming all your problems on Allistics, but sometimes it is legitimately just your Autism's fault, and that’s okay.

Autism is like, legitimately a communication deficit, and it isn't called that for no reason. It is okay to have communication issues, it isn’t your fault, and it doesn’t make you a bad person. You’re just Autistic experiencing one of the biggest symptoms of Autism.

[neuroticboyfriend]

being "outside your comfort zone" is doing something unfamiliar and daunting while having the skills, support, and resources to get through it - safely and healthily. it helps you.

"pushing yourself past your limits" is doing something that distresses your body/mind without the skills, support, and resources you need. it puts you at risk of further illness, trauma, injury, etc. it hurts you.

and you are the only person on this planet who can decide which category something falls in. you do not need a doctor or therapist's approval in order to have limits. no amount of schooling or practice can make someone know your needs, mind, body, or life better than you.

please trust yourself. go outside your comfort zone and grow when you can, but otherwise? don't sweat it. you're a person. not a machine.

[gender-luster]

me when the mental disorders disorder me

me when the disabilities disable me

me when the mental disorders cause me to severely neglect myself without even realizing it

me when the mental disorders that i already knew were disabling disable me

[sophieinwonderland]

r/systemscringe is now complaining about people with DID experiencing -checks notes- amnesia and dissociation!

Gee... I wonder...

Oh, right! It's that incredibly basic part of the criteria that everyone who has done even 2 seconds of research into DID knows about!

Grace... why are you obsessed with this couch and controller metaphor? This is like the third time I've seen this very specific example from you and it's kind of weird you keep bringing it up.

That aside, the thing you're complaining about here... is dissociation... you're upset someone with a dissociative disorder feels dissociated from their body.

These are some of the most ignorant and ableist takes I've seen from r/systemscringe, and that's saying a lot!

[like-this-post-if-you]

Like this post if you take daily meds

[slasherboy-brainrot]

you don't understand, i don't think i can fix them; i want them to stab me

you're forgetting i'm mentally ill here

[borderlinedolly]

Things I Rarely See Talked About

Level 2/Medium Support Need Autistics

Level 3/High Support Need Autistics

Deaf and/or Blind Autistics

BIPOC Autistics

Nonverbal Autistics

Semiverbal Autistics

The Downsides of Getting a Diagnosis

Older People (30+) With Disorders Like DID, ASPD, BPD, Autism, Etc

[shadybisexualpirate]

I CRACKED A CODE

Guys? Guys? I CRACKED A MOTHERFUCKING CODE

LISTEN

LET NEURODIVERGENT KIDS ACT DRUNK WHILE BEING DEAD SOBER THEY ARE ACTUALLY FACTUALLY STIMMING BY PRETENDING TO BE THE ONE WAY THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE SILLY

!! Neurodivergent Kids Pretend To Be Drunk Because It's The One Way Were Allowed To Unmask

Please this makes so much sense holy shit

[disease]

major brain structures implicated in autism.

[ghostincorrectinternetedition]

Terzo: Don’t you just love that mental disorders are basically buy one get seven free?

Primo: I didn’t even want the first one! Dad made me get it!

Secondo: Mine was a family heirloom from my mother passed down for generations.

[autie-hobbit]

Hot Take???? Apparently????? Being called "neurospicy" is not worse than being called the R-Slur, and kinda shows that you have never been called the R-Slur before.

The R-Slur is a word with a history of harm and abuse, which is why it's a slur.

"Neurospicy" is an internet term created by neurodivergent people as a joke that you find annoying.

I mean, I get it, I find it annoying too. But it is not fucking worse than the R-Slur, an actual fucking slur.

[star-goop]

I need help.

I don't know if I'm even allowed to do this, but here goes.

I am currently a full-time university student living on campus. I am diagnosed with CPTSD, generalized and social anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder, and I also suspect ADHD and/or autism which are constantly dismissed when I bring it up. I am taking meds and in counseling, but my issues have made it impossible for me to get even a part-time job while also attending school due to extreme burn-out which just makes all the other issues worse.

I looked into getting supplemental security income but was told that I would have to drop out of school and it could take years to prove I'm in need of benefits. I don't want to give up my chance at a degree which could greatly benefit me later on just because of my struggles now, just to be waiting possibly years for an uncertainty of receiving SSI.

I am embarrassingly asking for donations to help me to pay my bills, a $200 a month car payment, and two $100+ credit card payments. My room and board are covered by my student loans but I am dangerously close to not being able to pay those other bills which will destroy my credit and potentially lose my car.

Literally ANY amount could be of great help to me and would be appreciated beyond words. My CashApp and Venmo are written below. Thank you for any help, even just sharing this.

$lindsypaige - cashapp

@liiindsy -venmo

[ikamigami]

The importance of apology in atonement

There's something that was bothering me since the topic of Eclipse and Bloodmoon's redemption was brought up..

It's a misunderstanding that I've seen in this fandom too many times..

I'm talking about the very important part - we can even say a very first step - of atonement which is APOLOGY

If Eclipse and Bloodmoon won't apologize for their actions can we truly say that they're really trying to atone or can we even believe in their redemption..

The answer is simple, no, we can't.

I've seen people saying that Eclipse may have ASPD hence he won't feel sorry for what he's done.. but is apology truly about feelings and emotions?

It's actually more complicated. Apology depends on someone being remorseful for their wrongdoings.

And while people with ASPD lack feelings of remorse and guilt they can still understand when they did wrong and they can still be remorseful for their wrongdoings without feeling it..

How you may ask? The answer is simple, remorse have nothing to do with feelings and emotions. Because it's related to morality which again have nothing to do with feelings and emotions.

Because morality is about what's good and what's bad, about what's right and what's wrong. Many people having disorders that make them into someone considered a sociopath can and often live normal lives and they often times abide laws - those things that are made for everyone to know what's right and what's wrong :)

I think that saying that Eclipse can't learn about how his actions were wrong and how they badly affected others and that remorse is understanding that the actions you've done are wrong and that if you want to atone you should apologize is more damaging than demanding him to apologize..

This is what further stigmatize people with disorders such as ASPD - treating them as if they're too stupid to understand these concepts.

So to put it simply:

ATONEMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT AN APOLOGY

So it's actually very understandable when people don't buy neither Eclipse's nor Bloodmoon's redemption..

Because how can we be sure if they're truly changed. Without them aknowledging their wrongdoings - good part of the aknowledgement is apology - their atonement and redemption won't be believable.

If they won't apologize, they just can go ahead and leave and hopefully we won't hear from them ever again.

I don't want them dead but if they won't apologize I don't want them to stay either.

Hope that I'm clear.

[eat-applez]

“Don’t call it a disability/disorder! That’s offensive” -able-bodied neurotypical person with no disorders or disabilities whatsoever

[psychopathicnarc]

[cistematicchaos]

Okay, so one of the reasons you can’t seperate TERF ideology from ableism is because one of the basis’ of their ideology is that bodily autonomy should be restricted from people based on their mental status.

And obviously, we know enough about transness to state it isn’t a mental disorder but I need more people to realize that even if it was a mental disorder, that wouldn’t be a reason to deny trans people community, dignity or resources that have been proven repeatedly and decisively to improve their quality of life. 

Transphobia and ableism, especially when we’re talking about TERF ideology, are so closely bound together you can’t fully separate the two. You want to counter transphobia, you’re going to have to deal with ableism as well and far too many of you are shying away, either because you simply don’t know how to fight ableism or because ableism isn’t actually an issue you care about. Either way, you lose. 

TERFs don’t care about our mental health and never have but we have to fight the ableism in their attacks as well, not just because it’s one of the roots of their ideology but also because ableism is running rampant and needs to be addressed as well. Even ignoring the heavy overlaps between the trans community and disabled community, they’re our comrades and we have to stick up for each other. 

So either stop dodging the issue and speak the hell up or boost the people who are.