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“Mental health matters” but people with gore addictions are likely part of the dark triad and you need to protect yourself from people who clearly lack basic human empathy

“mental health matters” but people with paranoid delusions are narcissistic abusers and you need to protect yourself from people who gaslight you into their victim complex

“mental health matters” but your friend with clinical depression sends bad energy into your life so you should cut them off at their lowest to protect your peace

“mental health matters” but self harm is manipulative guilt tripping and you need to protect yourself from people who indirectly hurt you through self injury

“mental health matters” but only the mental health of the mentally healthy

We are not criminals. We are not dangerous. We do not owe neurotypicals a complete explanation on why we developed our disorders and why we aren't serial killers that kidnap people.

Shout out to schizophrenics/people on the schizo-spectrum!! Shout to people who hallucinate, or deal with delusions, or deal with psychosis!! Shout out to people with low empathy!! Shout out to people who dissociate!! Shout out to people with ASPD, BPD, NPD, HPD, PPD, general paranoia, bipolar disorder, PTSD/C-PTSD, and any other highly stigmatized disorder!! Shout out to people who are treated/talked about like a danger or a burden because of others misunderstanding their disorder!!

I love you and you are always welcome on this blog!! You are always worthy of being treated with just as much respect and kindness as anyone else!! ))

is being taught to students in colleges

something that i can’t recall mentioning much on here, if at all, is the ableism that is taught within certain educational fields towards people with personality disorders.

for those of you who might be unaware, specific courses do involve the mention of personality disorders and these are often introduced with the DSM criteria combined with negative stereotypes and stigma surrounding these disorders.

this isn’t specific to cluster b disorders either.

my experience

i studied forensic science and criminal psychology in college for 2 years, during which, an aspect of my course included the mention of 3 personality disorders: AntiSocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD).

these disorders were mentioned in a highly unprofessional manner and pushed us to associate these disorders with crime. we were taught to correlate ASPD and NPD with serial killers and to link PPD with school shootings. we were then asked to research known serial killers and to find ones with these specific conditions.

pushing these ideas only negatively impacts people with these disorders as it forces the narrative that people with personality disorders are dangerous criminals, which in most cases couldn’t be further from the truth. it also then results in people from these courses going into professional fields and holding this prejudice towards those they come across with these disorders.

our education surrounding these personality disorders was very limited and, as i already mentioned, the areas that we were educated on, we were being taught to demonise them by associating them with violent crimes.

how it impacted me

i felt unwelcome in these spaces and as though i was being forced to be alienated from my peers as someone with ASPD and NPD.

it was dehumanising and demoralising to have to sit in a classroom and listen to people say that your conditions are dangerous and violent.

this needs to stop.

people with personality disorders are not inherently dangerous and it is harmful to push that misinformation, especially within an educational environment where people rely on you to tell them the truth and are easily influenced by what they are taught. people with personality disorders are deserving of understanding and acceptance.

(This post will grow over time! Check the original post for updates before reblogging!)

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