people donât know how to walk the line between being appreciative of how well people accommodate for psychological (and physical, for that matter) disorders and not making it out to be like theyâre a saint for ~dealing with~ the person with the disorder(s).
I am diagnosed with extremely severe ADHD, as well as MDD, GAD, EDNOS/OSFED, bipolar II, mild aspergerâs syndrome, dyscalculia, and past severe BPD. my mental disorders impact every single aspect of my life in a very meaningful way. I have literally never been able to function in normal school or work environments, and have had to attend specialty schools and find non-standard sources of income.Â
and a LOT of people are fucking SHITTY at interacting with people with psychological disorders. Iâve experiences bullying, abuse, social ostracization and extreme patronizing behavior because of my issues.
so yes, it DOES stand out to me when i see people exhibiting symptoms of mental disorders, and i AM hyperaware of how the people around them respond.Â
from what i personally have observed from Dreamâs stream/video persona, he doesnât display many detectable symptoms of ADHD. the hyperfixation/special interest thing is very apparent, obviously, and he also seems especially prone to infodumping/word-vomit/blurting, high excitability, and distractibility. Dreamâs ADHD is real and valid, and just because he doesnât externally present very much in his social media persona doesnât mean that it isnât a struggle for him.Â
but when i DO see it coming out, most people who he collabs with are good with it. and as a person with a lot of traumatic experience with people NOT being good with it, that DOES make me legitimately happy and excited to see.Â
that doesnât mean that Dream needs to be babied, and it doesnât mean that his friends are angels for âputting upâ with him. it just means that his friends (some more than others) are willing to meet him in the middle in terms of communication and interaction thatâs accessible to all parties involved.Â
and thatâs super pog! i love that! like i said, i get happy when i see it! and i think that itâs okay to comment on how nice it is to see.Â
whatâs NOT okay is projecting some sort of power/value dynamic onto ANY party based off of a disorder. and thatâs what i see sometimes.Â
honestly, i see a similar-but-not-the-same thing when people talk about how Georgeâs friends are nice to him about his colorblindness. the big difference with that one is that i donât see people babying George about it in any way beyond lighthearted teasing. which i think is okay, as long as people are being sensitive about it.
lets do that with CCâs mental disorders, hm?