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Yeah I agree. Dont worry you arent being ableist (this is coming from someone w/ an actual mental illness).

I think that recently autism in particular has become a strange trend. There is this need to put labels on everything, so when someone has something that could possibly be described as autism, they decide that it would only make sense. Hyperfixtations are something that a lot of these people claim to have, when in reality a neurotypical person can also have it. 

I bet it comes from not having a good understanding of a mental illness, and wanting to fit into a group. 

I have schizoaffective (schizophrenia w bipolar) so i feel like i can say more on the bipolar part. I do think that in general a lot of these things are kind of over-diagnosed. With the rise of screens, and how little a lot of the people you are describe sleep ( considering a lot of people who self diagnose are chronically online ), plus just general hormonal mood shifts. All of these things can cause an instable mood. 

I think BPD is trendy with the "e-girl" archetype lol. I don't really have much else to say about it. With BPD and autism specifically, it seems like there is a trend where men seek out these kinds of women, so these young teenage girls try to make themselves more desirable by doing so. (sorry im only talking about women, I am a woman, so i feel like i have a better understanding of what exactly happens)

OCD has been completely bastardised into meaning "very clean person" -_- 

I remember when I was around 12, it was covid. I thinnk this is where it all started. The whole DID shit. I knew this guy who claimed he had it. I called him out on his bullshit, I was right. There is something about these mental illnesses (DID, BPD, tourettes) that i think young teens think makes them more interesting. 

Yeah. Honestly though. I can not believe all of these things are seen as desirable now. My mental illness has ruined my life. I cant walk into certain rooms because of it, I have extreme issues trusting anyone, it isolated me socially. And guess what, because of these people, nobody takes what I have seriously. My own older sister was telling my mom about how she thinks that my diagnosis isnt real. (. There is so much hatred for actually mentally ill people. 

oh and the RCTA thing, i bet its a similar philosophy. Asian cultures have become so idolised lol, but they dont see the bad side. Everyone wants to be special, thats all. 

2 hours ago (edited) Report 👍

Probably because autism, OCD, and kinda BPD are somewhat one of the common conditions people get diagnosed with, and that opens up a gate for others to read into the symptoms of said condition, see that they relate to one part (even though each condition is complex) and assume they have it and/or down play it as a personality type rather than a disorder.

If we’re talking about the ones who ACTUALLY fake it/dont know what they’re talking about, they usually water down these conditions a lot. Like, autism=geeky/quirky, bpd=mood swings, ocd=meticulous

Let’s also not forget about the people who romanticize “bipolar gfs” and “autistic nerdy bfs” or some other shit that people online are coming up with… I’m sure that contributes to the rise of people pretending to have mental conditions…

If this sounds offensive in any way please let me know

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eeevery body be dealing with trauma tho lowk in some form or another (thats just my personal belief) so thatrs why everyone coo coo (me2)