> hey maybe itâs cause people see something trending and relate to it.
Literally stated thatâs not what Iâm referring to.
> Even then. Who the fuck cares if they donât actually have DID? Who gives a fuck if theyâre faking?
You should. Because it reflects badly on people who actually have a condition when there is a massive amount of people without the condition claiming to represent it and giving wrong impressions to others. If they are faking then they clearly have other issues that need to be addressed that arenât being addressed if they are enabled.
> If your main priority is to call out fakers and not lift up people with dissociative disorders either by educating others about these illnesses or donating to disabled people then you have some problems that you need to work out. Trends come and go.
Wild concept, but I can do both. And especially if the goal is to educate about what and what is not a part of a certain condition, then acting to draw attention to people who are lying about or faking that condition seems like a good place to start.
You should find a serious issue with people faking illnesses and diseases for what is ostensibly internet clout and you should be concerned if it has gone far enough that you consider it a trend.
>Weâve had this conversation since 2019 and itâs getting old. Thereâs not even that many people youâd call âfakersâ around anymore.
Thatâs literally just not true. People might have shifted about what condition they are faking, but the fact that they are still faking it shouldnât be disregard because youâve seen it a lot. In fact, the fact that itâs âgetting oldâ should tell you that it is a problem that is going unaddressed and unremedied. There are compilations posted basically daily of people on tiktok faking mental illness, especially DID. If you search the hashtags the same things come up on Instagram. It seems like every other week another person gets exposed for faking DID, Touretteâs, etc.
> Not supporting all of us, unconditionally (with a few exceptions), is ableist and only drives more and more people to doubt and gaslight themselves over their disorders. That travels far outside the realm of âsyscourseâ. Nobody should have to explain that to you.
Unconditional support is uncritical dogshit, and I donât play that way. You literally only cause harm to people with mental illnesses by validating any mfer who comes out and claims to have something while they clearly just want to LARP.
I am disabled. I am a trauma survivor. I have struggled with my mental health for the better part of a decade. I shouldnât have to explain to you that not letting people ask questions about disability and mental illness is not ableist, itâs using common sense and actually helps us in the long run. I get that struggling with mental illness is fucking rough and that it can be easy to doubt yourself despite things being obviously off about yourself and even despite diagnosis sometimes, but that doesnât mean that you should remove criticism from your life entirely.
Itâs not âgaslightingâ to sometimes step back and listen to what people are saying and understand that when certain things involve enough people it can have a ripple effect, especially when concerning groups that already donât have a great view in society like people with mental illnesses.
Do not try and play this off as if Iâm attacking an entire community when I clearly explained in the post youâre responding to that I donât believe that the conditions themselves are fake, but that there are people faking them. Itâs not anyoneâs responsibility to validate people else online. If someone wants to post themselves online doing something then they should be prepared for criticism and people asking questions.