y'all fucking love ignoring our posts relating to bpd dont ya. like y'all will like/rb the posts before and after them but just,,, conveniently ignore our posts about bpd.
time for that shit is over.
so lets talk you guys. first off, let me be blunt. none of y'all care or probably would care about bpd or ANY personality disorder, if you didn't know someone who had it. be honest, its okay.
why? because personality disorders are either ignored and given no information, no healthy media,,, or they're demonized and made into some scary trope.
so what does that mean now? its not my fault this is happening you may think, but heres the thing.
its up to you to educate yourself, even if you only cared because someone you knew has it. its up to you to find the PROPER information and listen to people with pds when we say "hey stop saying that thing!"
hell even *im* still learning.
so lets talk (again) about basic no-no words,
- narcissist(ic) ; this relates to people with NPD (sometimes bpd via stigma) and portrays them as inherently evil, self absorbed, and abusive. your abuser wasn't narcissistic, they were egotistical, manipulative, self absorbed, etc, etc.
- ps*chopath / soc*opath ; relates to people with ASPD (ps*chopath is thought to be related to those with psychosis but that is incorrect and something i just recently learnt) this is ANOTHER "dangerous" stigma.
- borderlines ; not all that common but guys.... stop. you say person with *insert pd* not,,, whatever that bs is.
- anti-social ; big one!!! very common!!!!! most "anti-social" people are actually asocial.
removing stigma starts at the source, people. people make the movies, people make the stories, people make the impressions the next generation gets. understanding whats stigma and whats true is important.
what can i do? how do i know if im right?
check to see if the community has talked about that subject!! see what we have to say!! and if you know somebody (us included) who don't mind questions, ask. your efforts help us.
but the stigma isnt that bad!!
npd and aspd have NOTORIOUS stigma, i can legit direct you to TWO different subreddits full of stigms against those with bpd, the term narcissistic abuse exists, most pds are erased and unheard of (tell me do you know what dpd is? avpd? hpd?), and professionals REFUSE to handle us due to the stigma. it is. it hurts us even commonly.
tldr? you guys need to fucking STEP UP if you wanna claim you care about those with personality disorders.
[edit for clarification: reblogs are ENCOURAGED, people with pds are encouraged to add on, dont fucking clown if u dont have a pd]