[ SECRET POST #1998 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1998 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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10. [SPOILERS for the Hunger Games]



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[Hetalia]


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14. [WARNING for gore, animal abuse]
http://i.imgur.com/SjfD3.jpg
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[Video Games Awesome Live]


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[Avatar: the Last Airbender]


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[American Horror Story]


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19. [WARNING FOR general discussion of triggery topics (there's bound to be triggering material in the comments)]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 (warning for rape) - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"Crazy" doesn't annoy me. It's the complete ignorance most people have. They lump all these other disorders under the heading of what I genuinely have and so then I have to deal with people thinking I have hallucinations or that I'm going to snap and shoot everybody, or that I can't hold a relationship to save my life. I have to manage my illness and deal with genuine job discrimination, why the fuck do I have to spend all my time explaining that I'm not schizophrenic/BPD/DID/whatever the hell they think bipolar is?

If being politically correct means they have to actually do some research to figure out how to refer to people, I don't think it's a bad thing. I'm just so damn tired of bipolar being a catchall for mood and personality disorders.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yeah, that does suck. I have paranoid personality disorder, and if I had a quarter for every time I had to explain to people that it doesn't mean I have more than one personality or that I hear voices and think aliens are eating my brain (my delusions tend to be more along the lines of "everyone is out to get me/the government is plotting against me/holy shit everyone is in on this!" ), or that no, I'm not going to shoot up my college campus, I'd be fucking Bill Gates.

But by the same token, it really bugs me when people walk on eggshells around me as to not offend me because they think if they say the wrong thing I'm going to go berserk. What I meant by my comment was more along the lines of people treating me like delicate little snowflake that might suddenly hulk out and turn into nuclear fallout- taking care to make sure that they NEVER, EVER refer to anything as crazy, apologize profusely if someone says something that could be a bit snarky, constantly ask me if I need help with anything on days when I need to use my cane... that kind of thing. I once had an acquaintance nearly shit herself because she mentioned she was reading a book about the BTK killer and I was present. It was kind of like, "you really think I'm going to be offended by that? I think I'm more offended that you think mentioning a book you're reading is going to make me get my murder on."

Of course people shouldn't use bipolar as a catchall term for whatever mental illness, and I apologize if that's what it came across as though I was criticizing.

[(Anonymous)]

I think I'm more offended that you think mentioning a book you're reading is going to make me get my murder on

This. This is why trigger warnings aggravate me. Ableism isn't good, but between people saying "crazy" and being denied a high stress job because I am medically disqualified regardless of how the disorder affects me I'll take crazy. It isn't like this is something I had once and I'm going to get over. I'm stuck with it. How are you going to trigger me with something I take medication for every day? I'm kind of aware of it.

I don't know if that makes sense. I mean, I want warnings for eating disorders and self harm, which are also diseases. But the struggle there is something you can get over. That's what I think a trigger is: something that reminds you of something bad that happened. Mental disease isn't really something you get over. You can manage it, but you can't make it disappear.

[fuchsiascreams]

OMG, YES. Completely agree with/understand this. Also, it seems like there are two major opinions when it comes to mood disorders: when you mention depression or anxiety, it's "HAHA SHUT UP STOP EXAGGERATING THAT DOESN'T EXIST. I WAS DEPRESSED TOO AND I GOT OVER IT", but if you mention ANYTHING else, it's "OMG WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS ANYMORE YOU'RE GOING TO GO ~CRAZY~ AND SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL". Like, fucking come on.

[diet_poison]

ohhhhh holy FUCK the depression denial pisses me off

a lot

[fuchsiascreams]

I think part of the problem is that depression is a mood and also a disorder, so almost EVERYBODY can say they've been in a depressed mood before - and then those people turn around and think that what they experienced as a sad mood is what people with depression the disorder experience. And it's NOT the same thing. At all.

[diet_poison]

Yeah, I think that's very possible. Sad, really.

You might even say...kind of depressing.

[fuchsiascreams]

BA-DUM CHHHH

[(Anonymous)]

My boyfriend REFUSES to believe I have ADHD, cyclothemia, depression and possible autistic tendencies/obsessive-compulsive disorder. His mother tried to commit suicide in the past, so I understand that bit... but he will snap "Come on, I'm not dating an autist! The doctors just want your money - you don't have that!" ...er, YES, I do, you ass, I showed you my scars, and you've seen some of my tics (repetitive clapping, spinning, repeating phrases/words over and over again).

[(Anonymous)]

How about making him your ex? I can't see how not believing you in something as major as your medical condition is a good foundation for your relationship.

[fuchsiascreams]

WOW. I don't even know what to say to that. That is fucking awful, like. Obviously I'm not going to lecture you on your choice of boyfriends, but I really feel for you. I can't even imagine having to date someone who doesn't even believe me when I confide in him about things like that. I'm really sorry, that must really fucking suck. I just don't understand people like that.

[(Anonymous)]

i agree for the most part and it really annoys me when people assume what you have, but your first paragraph kind of sounds like "i'm not like those bad crazies" to me and i hope the annoying expressed here is aimed at the assumptions and not that you don't want to be taken for schizophrenic/bpd/did/psychotic?

[(Anonymous)]

sorry, i think i read your comment wrong

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Oh god no, that's not what I meant at all! Those were examples of things other people have thought (and told me they thought) once they found out about my illness. I've had conversations that basically go like the person I'm talking to asking me if I think there are aliens in my brain or if I have more than one personality.

I am so sorry, that isn't how I intended that comment to come across at all.

[(Anonymous)]

No worries, I figured that was it I just wanted to check!

And yeah I've experienced the same thing, and also because I have psychosis as part of one of my dxes they assume that means violence, or that i'm hallucinating while talking to them, or that i'm totally unable to comprehend reality, even though I'm on a really effective medication regime now.

Thanks again for clarifying!

[(Anonymous)]

okay sameanon and to be clear (sorry i'm tired!) it kind of reads like you think those describe schizophrenia/bpd/did? which they don't.

sorry i just wanted to check!

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

No, that's not how I meant for that to sound at all. Those are examples of things other people have thought my symptoms were and asked me about once they found out about my personality disorder. I didn't mean for it to come across as though that's how I thought other disorders were like.