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It's all "ableism is bad! Support people with mental disorders!"... (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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...until it is someone with narcissistic personality disorder, psychopathy and sociopathy, but mostly NPD.

EDIT: There seems to be some misunderstandings about this post. It is not an attack on this community or the users here, it's just a general vent I have for the type of people that claim to be anti-ableist until it is something they don't like.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Hey y'all, since this is a sensitive topic and there's been a lot of discussion which involved big emotions, I wanted to just drop by and assure the community that we're aware this thread exists and that some of the discussion here can be uncomfortable. At least at this point in time, I don't personally feel the need to step into any of these conversations to intervene, because I believe that the community has managed to have a meaningful discussion over a really difficult topic.

With that being said, there are some big emotions in this thread and some of the content may trigger you, especially if you've suffered abuse from people struggling with mental disorders or you have a mental disorder that is heavily stigmatized. There are strong statements on both sides of the field here, and I personally think leaving them up is healthier for a nuanced understanding of how much abuse can destroy someone's life as well as how much assumptions about behavior can be deeply hurtful to experience as well.

However, if you do see behavior in here that is clearly not nice behavior and you believe that one party is instigating please still go ahead and report it. We're not all seeing and all knowing and we don't want this post to go off the rails either. Thanks! 💜