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Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Retail4068@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Y’all will find something else to screech at. It’s just a never ending loop off finding something to be pissed at.

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  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have NPD, and I don’t like it when My disorder is shortened and used as the word to identify Me. I’m not a “N*rcissist”, I’m a person with NPD. Call Me a person, not a disorder.

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    • jarvis@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Serious question: isn’t the word separate from the disorder though?

      We can describe people doing antisocial, paranoid, or dependent things even when they don’t have the associated personality disorders. We can also describe someone generally as antisocial or paranoid if they display those traits regularly, regardless of any underlying diagnosis. Is it different with NPD?

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      • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The word “autism” originally came from psychiatrists’ perceptions that autistic people are preoccupied with ourselves. So if I say “My boss is so autistic, it’s disgusting”, is that okay? Etymologically, it’s valid. I’m not talking about a disorder. But I don’t think it’s an okay thing to say.

        When psychiatrists made narcissism a label to apply to vulnerable people, I think they made it off limits for casual comments. I’m careful about labelling people as antisocial or paranoid too. Those are serious words used for serious conversations about mental health. That means they can be dangerous in untrained hands. Think of those words like power tools. You don’t pick up a drill and start waving it around without the proper training and carefulness. That’s going to get someone hurt. These words have just as much destructive potential, so we need to treat them the same way.

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