[ SECRET POST #6205 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6205 ⌋

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[Xenoblade 3]



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[YA Book fandom/Cait Corrain scandal]



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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I mean. I wouldn't go so far as to say she's faking the mental health issues, but it's disingenuous of her to try and blame those mental health issues for her actions, especially the racist aspect of all this.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I dunno. Mental illness definitely can affect behavior, and it can make someone more susceptible to prejudicial points of view. I think we've gotten this idea that mental illness is just, like, depression or anxiety; but there are disorders that are really, really detrimental and harmful, not just to the person who has one of them, but to those around them.

That said, the adage, "mental health is not your fault, but it is your responsibility" applies. If she's aware that she has these issues, then she needs to do what she can to mitigate the damage to other people.

NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

IMO it was really detrimental for people to try and destigmatize mental illness by overemphasizing that it can never have ANYTHING AT ALL to do with violent or harmful behavior. No, people with mental illnesses shouldn't be treated badly because of it, but you can't just automatically rule out someone's mental illness as a contributing factor to something bad that they've done "because it was still their choice and you're making everyone with a mental illness look bad."

[(Anonymous)]

We had a client who grew up in a really racist household as a child, whenever his mental health declined he always resorted to racist behavior and statements. When he was in the functional part of his cycle, he was fine and he hated, genuinely, hated that behavior, the furthest thing from a racist, but, because of his background, when he started to decouple they became his "comfort" behaviors because of his upbringing. He just resorted to old patterns because he no longer had the level of insight and capability to recognise the wrongness of them. They were just familiar patterns which he was used to and the repetition of those patterns was a familiar comfort in his disturbed state.

I don't know the person this post is about, but people can absolutely say the most despicable shit in a mental health crisis simply because those patters were such a major part of their upbringing. It is not because it is who they are, but because human beings crave familiar routines and, in stress situations, we often fall back into familiar routines and patterns as a way of trying to maintain control of our own brain.

TL;DR? Mental illness doesn't make you racist, but racist behaviors can be one of the symptoms of a mental health crisis.