Neurodivergent on Sidechat | This one might be controversial but. “Psychopath” “narcissist” “delusional” etc. believe it or not these are Medical Terms for certain mental illnesses(some a little ableist but…) and it’s not cute to throw them around like they’re personal flaws!

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Neurodivergent 5w

This one might be controversial but. “Psychopath” “narcissist” “delusional” etc. believe it or not these are Medical Terms for certain mental illnesses(some a little ableist but…) and it’s not cute to throw them around like they’re personal flaws!

Neurodivergent 5w

People’s misuse of words like “non-verbal” and “overstimulated” is soo funny cuz nt’s demonize everything about autism and look at you like your existence is a crime, but water down terms that are trendy and relatable to them

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Anonymous 5w

dont get me started on the word ‘delulu’

Anonymous 5w

i can get on board with this sentiment more than the original post, tbh. that just kind of felt like gatekeeping symptoms that may be uncomfortable but not pervasive enough for a formal diagnosis. it also seemed to generalize neurotypical people the way neurodivergent people are often upset about being generalized. idk. i just got bad vibes from it, could be a me problem.

Anonymous 5w

Similarly medical terms are not handed down from god to describe your flaws, they're made up latin bullshit by some guys with jobs (who are frequently megalomaniacs)

Anonymous 5w

My family ignored my mom’s narcissism and toxic/control freak personality when I grew up cause they automatically assumed it was undiagnosed autism cause we had a history of it (my family means well they just have little-to-no knowledge on neurodivergence). She seems 100% neurotypical. My family had a history of adhd/autism we didn’t know about til I was very young, im the only one that was officially diagnosed.

Anonymous 5w

Yes these are medical conditions and don’t deserve to be stigmatized. But narcissism and psychopath, for example, are terms that relate to conditions which inherently affect the people surrounding the sufferer. So I understand why narcissist and psychopath are used negatively. Because people with those conditions can severely hurt other people. So while I wouldn’t call them ‘personal flaws’, no medical condition is a flaw. I would absolutely see why people use those terms negatively.

Anonymous

#1 5w

Oh my GODDDD delulu. Some part of me dies everytime I see that word

Anonymous

OP 5w

LITERALLYYYY. my ex roommate said she was delulu for being obsessed with taylor swift and then didnt listen to me when i was having actual delusions

Anonymous

#5 5w

i mean, medical conditions are inherently flaws, or they wouldn’t be medical conditions by definition. they’re just not personal failings. it’s ok to be disabled by a disability.

Anonymous

#5 5w

The problem is when people refer to someone as these as an insult, or are basically armchair diagnosing someone. A condition that might negatively affect people around you doesn’t give anyone an excuse to use that condition as a descriptor for a bad person. Extreme cases of autism also have the capacity to harm others, but it’s still not okay to use autistic as a negative descriptor.

Anonymous

OP 5w

True, but also, these words have multiple meanings. Narcissistic can refer to someone who actually suffers from narcissism, or it can refer to someone who is very self-centered, synonymous with egotistical. Psychopath, likewise, is used as a catch-all term to mean insane, crazy, etc. I’m not arguing for or against these usages. But I think it’s important to note that our language does this. We do the same thing with tons of medical conditions.

Anonymous

#5 5w

For example, people say things like ‘Could you speak up, I’m kind of deaf’ or ‘How did I not nice that right in front of me? I’m actually blind’ Insane is another great example. When you call someone insane, you’re not usually saying they’re clinically insane. You’re saying they’re acting ridiculous or unreasonable or so forth.

Anonymous

#5 5w

That’s kind of the problem I’m getting at. Using medical terms as sayings is way too normalized in our language, cause I also think we Shouldn’t be using deaf/blind for things like that, but it’s become such a common way to use those words that people don’t even question it.