Gonna be honest; I'm the kinda guy who sticks to the basics like Mint Cinnamon and ZorinOS. Because of specific updates that Mint is getting in December, I'm switching back to Mint when I get a laptop again.
I was a 4-year-old still only learning how to properly communicate on an age-appropriate level, so I needed specialised therapy. I had ABA therapy to teach me facial expressions, communication, and other things. I'm also legally disabled.
This isn't meant to call you out; this is a general post because of how often people do it. Native English speakers do it all the time. Whether it's online or irl, I've had to explain to people what it means. It's just a general trend and I'm not calling out a specific person.
A priest getting it on with an adult for once! Love to see progress
Hmmm... do you struggle with understanding sarcasm and figures of speech? Do you often feel like you are manually learning social norms like a robot, rather than understanding things intuitively? Does eye contact feel awkward? Do you often communicate in a literal manner and get misinterpreted as rude or blunt?
Do you feel upset or angry when plans or routines are changed/interrupted? Do you feel like you are overly hyperfixated on any specific topics or interests that you could ramble about for hours on end? Do you have problems with reading people's intentions or emotions? Do you feel like you are overly sensitive to touch, noise, sounds, taste, or textures?
These are actual questions to think about. I say this as someone who's been legitimately diagnosed since 2008. If you answered yes to all or most of these questions, it might be time to visit a doctor.
I agree, but it still gets annoying to constantly be mistaken as bipolar.
Other people with BPD, which strictly refers to borderline personality disorder. What I am saying is strictly medically accurate. As someone who's also autistic and had OCD, wording tends to matter in my position. I will take words and acronyms to mean what they are supposed to mean. To be honest, it is also a common pet peeve to be constantly mistaken as bipolar, so I'm not alone.
It's the equivalent of mixing up ADD and ODD, which are very much not the same conditions.
The thing is, I see myself as more than a diagnosis. I just also view it as a medical condition requiring treatment to help my situation. My girlfriend can attest to the fact that I've been learning and coping fairly well for someone who hasn't even done DBT yet. In fact, I'm further ahead of some folks already in therapy, so I'm clearly working pretty hard on it. I'm way better than I was 3 years ago, which is a success in itself.
The only contexts where I worry about BPD being possibly used against me is in hospitals and by certain family members. They could blame the unstable person with an illness instead of listening to any points I have about being horrifically traumatised.
I genuinely got traumatised so badly that I developed a severe form of OCD rendering me incapable of working. My BPD is a pain in the ass, but the OCD legitimately mentally cripples me to the point of being on welfare and disability tax benefits.
BPD has been its own acronym since 1980, which was 46 years ago. This isn't very affirming for a mental health page. Cluster B disorders are actual conditions needing treatment. It isn't discrimination for me to be diagnosed with it; it's completely medically accurate.
Mental health conditions don't have to look pretty to be medically accurate descriptions.
Bipolar disorder isn't called BPD; it's called BD. BPD means borderline personality disorder.
Switching to the Debian installer instead of Ubiquity is a big one. I can't remember the others off the top of my head, but they're great.