im probably kicking a hornet's nest here (whatever YOLO) but theres no way in hell that you can be madpunk AND opposed to endogenic systems.
madpunk is all about dismantling the institution of psychiatry as we know it.
the system that criminalizes and institutionalizes us, that medicates us to be docile and strips us of our autonomy, that is the SAME institution that yall are crawling back to for a single scrap of validation that your suffering is real.
the same institution that you are placing your entire livelihood on is the same institution that diagnoses white children with Autism and ADHD and children of color with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. And you want to tell me, tell me and my headmates, that we don't exist because the institution of psychiatry hasn't done enough research to disprove us. we don't know everything there is to know about the brain. and we never will.
you dont need the validation of a broken system. you dont need the DSM's or ICD's approval. you are enough as you are with or without that diagnosis.
you tell me that i need a complex understanding of clinical DID to understand what you're going through, that it's not enough that the things i went through "weren't bad enough" to form my headmates.
i know you're in pain. i see that. but the institution of psychiatry is not going to protect you when you need help. the validation you are craving comes from within yourself, and among the members of your community. it does not come from a doctor, or a therapist, or a diagnosis, or meds or hospitalizations. it comes from compassion and love for your fellow systems.
