When I was in the worst place of my life and was self-harming everyday, it was never about wanting to die. I was hurting myself because I was trying to stay alive. That in itself can be so hard to understand
I’ve stopped calling it medical malpractice and started calling it what it truly is, medical abuse/torture bc that’s what it truly is half the time. My medical kidnapping was medical torture. 🤷
If you respond to factual statements about the disturbing reality of the psychiatric industry with any variation of "I/someone I know was helped by psychiatry" you're not safe for psych survivors to be around or organize with
@fckn_gay Glad to hear my words resonate with you. It’s probably still good that she has her own space and got to choose the appearance herself and hopefully it does help or will soon start to help her. Hopefully things will begin to improve for her and the rest of you. ♡
Lately there’s been a lot of misinformation going around that “plurality” is just a word for DID/OSDD. It’s not! Plurality is not a medical term. It was invented by and for the plural community. It is not and never was exclusive to those with DID or OSDD. 🧵
#systwt#pluralgang
@fckn_gay It’s good that you want to help her and are trying to understand her better. I’m no therapist so I don’t feel qualified to say or do more but I wish you and her the best of luck.
@fckn_gay a kind of function. Basically the brain’s way of saying “Remember how much this hurts so you avoid it at all cost.” It’s also possible that the reason why it’s difficult for you to understand is done purposely rather than you failing her.
Nondisabled person : “Your wheelchair prevents you from getting in.”
Disabled person: “The lack of a ramp prevents me from getting in.”
Stop blaming disabled people for inaccessibility.
I’m really tired of the narrative where patients who are “violent” are viewed as aggressive monsters while doctors are upheld as passive bystanders and innocent victims of violence— when for SO many of us, the medical providers ARE the perpetrators of violence.
I hate that as a schizophrenic I get lumped with conspiracy theorists.
I think my neighbour's dog is a spy bc I'm ill & conspiracy theorists think Jewish ppl are an alien race holding a dictatorship over "normal ppl" bc they're racist.
Do NOT put me in the same box with them
Here’s to the people who's trauma did not give them thick skin. The ones who became more sensitive & insecure, who cry more easily, who get overwhelmed at small things. I’m so tired of the narrative that trauma makes you tough and untouchable. We’re survivors, not superheroes
I can’t believe I used to tell myself as a young teen “stop pretending you’re plural” bc we had fictives and other “cringy” system experiences and didn’t want to mock real systems 💀. Clearly it did not work lol and I’m glad I got out of that internalized ableist mindset.