Kiwis with stigmatized mental conditions, how do you cope?

BPD, NPD, ASPD, HPD

An important distinction for laypeople to understand about Psychiatry is that anything classified under the "Personality Disorder" category is essentially hopeless & intractable.

1) Most people suffering from a Personality Disorder will forever be in denial that they have a Personality Disorder
2) People in denial will never seek treatment (or will never seek treatment for their actual problem)
3) Even if they did seek treatment, there's no pills to fix them
4) In theory, a very skilled psychotherapist with specific PD expertise, a willing & extremely motivated patient witn infinite resources & time could make some progress. But this is mostly cope.
5) The reality is that most people with PDs are so self-unaware, manipulative, toxic & repulsive that even in a vacuum, most professionals would rather neck themselves than treat them (which they really can't even if they wanted to).
 
In the case of BPD freaks, they will think you are great then have a mood swing and try to slander you as an rapist or abuser. During the mood swing you have next to no way of stopping them from going on a life-ruination path against you unless you want to risk catching a domestic abuse charge since you will literally have to physically restrain them until the mood swing ends. And no, this isn't an anti-w*man polemic. Men can have BPD as well and it manifests similarly. Also, this isn't from personal experience.
 
theres mental illness (schizophrenia and all its variants, bipolar, major depression, anxiety disorders, etc)
and then theres personality disorders (borderline, histrionic, antisocial, narcissistic etc)
these shouldnt get lumped together

mental illnesses come with much more severe symptoms but they also respond much better to treatment.
meanwhile the symptoms of personality disorders can be boiled down to "damn this guy is a horrible fucking asshole!" and basically don't respond to treatment at all.
 
theres mental illness (schizophrenia and all its variants, bipolar, major depression, anxiety disorders, etc)
and then theres personality disorders (borderline, histrionic, antisocial, narcissistic etc)
It’s why I said “mental condition” rather than illness, whatever’s in your head that people hate. I don’t care if you take pills for it or not.
This is kind of the only place you can get a unique perspective from the sufferer. Everywhere else will just sperg on about stigmas, most people here probably don’t care about beating a stigma. I’m interested to hear how they live in a world where they’ve resigned to being the “monster”.

So basically everyone posting here
Autism’s pretty whatever nowadays. In the 90s sure but now there’s people who will brag about having it.
 
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In the 90s sure but now there’s people who will brag about having it.
Those with Aspergers DARE try to take the Shine and Limelight AWAY from us Autistic people, not only with their "Social Flaws" and such possibly similar traits to Autism. But to SHUN us Autistics by being BETTER Communicatively and Mentally than us. I have received a message from one who DARED called me "Normal" in comparison to him. IF ANYTHING, the Asperger people ARE and HAVE BEEN NORMAL. They think they can one-up, or even match, autism with the Lack of Social Capability and their Clumsiness and such. THOSE Characteristics can be FAKED by them who are MOST NORMAL compared to us TRUE AUTISTIC PEOPLE.

Even their Title is flawed, "Aspergers"; it can be misconstrued into a Most Terrible Cut of Meat from any Animal; even something that can be picked nasally.

I have fought Long and Hard to make a Stand for the Autistic People; I will most certainly NOT let these impostors Steal the True Original Title of Autistic from any of us.

VICTORY OVER AUTISM BELONGS ONLY TO US TRUE AUTISTIC PEOPLE.
 
Those with Aspergers DARE try to take the Shine and Limelight AWAY from us Autistic people, not only with their "Social Flaws" and such possibly similar traits to Autism. But to SHUN us Autistics by being BETTER Communicatively and Mentally than us. I have received a message from one who DARED called me "Normal" in comparison to him. IF ANYTHING, the Asperger people ARE and HAVE BEEN NORMAL. They think they can one-up, or even match, autism with the Lack of Social Capability and their Clumsiness and such. THOSE Characteristics can be FAKED by them who are MOST NORMAL compared to us TRUE AUTISTIC PEOPLE.

Even their Title is flawed, "Aspergers"; it can be misconstrued into a Most Terrible Cut of Meat from any Animal; even something that can be picked nasally.

I have fought Long and Hard to make a Stand for the Autistic People; I will most certainly NOT let these impostors Steal the True Original Title of Autistic from any of us.

VICTORY OVER AUTISM BELONGS ONLY TO US TRUE AUTISTIC PEOPLE.

 
Fake mental illness that psychiatrists use when they don't want to deal with "untreatable" women. Also women who self diagnose with it simply have shitty personalities.
NPD, ASPD,
Should actually be avoided, these are almost always only diagnosed when someone's been arrested for a crime. If it's self diagnosed, see BPD.
See BPD.
schizophrenia
Some are okay. (Especially when medicated.) In the most extreme cases, that's when they might end up being dangerous, although that's when they've gone past the point of losing contact with reality.
 
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