@paper_gabriel08 I think a big part of it is that it showcases etymological oppression that people have appropriated and use without thinking about today. Not that it's inherently traumatic or offensive to everyone, but more-so pointing out that our common language is still influenced by bigotry.
It also may stem from the fact that they hear me talking to a doctor about medications and they asked why and I said for "mental things" which is really just hormones and blockers. Either way, pretty humorous misunderstanding.
Storytime. I've come to realise recently that a large portion of my family think I am going insane in some way and are extremely concerned. I find this really funny. The whole lot are gossipers. Anyway, the stated reasons I've heard are grotesque distortions of reality.
Anyway, this is why you don't gossip or play telephone without just directly talking to the person, because it almost always ends in absurdity. I didn't feel like defending my sanity to them. They demanded me to go to a doctor and I basically told them "No." And that was that.
If we measured human worth by their burden on society, that would wipe out a massive portion of the world's population. People who dislike those who do not contribute enough to society fail to realise that the purpose of a society is to protect and uplift those exact people.
It's always funny to me how normal it is to use language that casually demeans the neurodevelopmental disordered because my entire field is about helping them. After a while you realise that even people that you assume are "stupid" all have genuinely brilliant things about them.