I Think We Need To Separate Disorder With Diagnoses. I Get That We're Not Far Enough Along In Recognizing

I think we need to separate disorder with diagnoses. I get that we're not far enough along in recognizing the harm of psychiatry that we will replace disorder framework with less pathologized labels

But we can make shift of disorder =/= diagnosis.

Diagnosis is legal, it's what labels the government gives you to impact your life in some way. Generally, unless you absolutely need some specific service that you absolutely cannot get without a diagnosis You Do Not Fucking Want One.

You should NEVER seek a diagnosis to feel validation for your experiences, that's making the irreversible decision to giving the government crucial information about your mental health. If the disorder is stigmatized a diagnosis strips you of your human rights.

It is literally just a legal acknowledgement of experiences you already have.

So yeah when you talk about disorders don't use the term diagnosis interchangeably, stop pushing therapy on everyone you're giving self help advice to, and stop prioritizing professional diagnosis as being more valid than alternatives.

This is how you get people killed and I'm being wholly serious. Therapy IS a gamble on safety for anyone south of mild depression and anxiety and you might not want to admit that but it's the truth. Stop telling people they have to play russian roulette with therapists to recover, please.

Straight girls™

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I'm all 100% for anti-psychiatry as a movement but please we need nuance. Autism exists. Shouldn't have to say that

Okay, I’m just gonna say it: I find it really interesting how “groomer” became the new exclusionist buzzword about ten seconds after it became the hot new right-wing slur for queer folks.

It’s not that the accusations are new - they’ve been calling everyone they disagree with pedos for ages now. But the shift in language? That’s extremely recent. And, IMO, revealing.

They’re freebasing fascism and they don’t even know it.

You can't call yourself anti-psychiatry or mad pride and then turn around and abuse your community the same way psychiatry does.

I.e you can't fakeclaim people, tell people they're not allowed to reframe their own relationships with a marginalized existence in a way that psychiatry disagrees with, harass people for their cultural or spiritual beliefs, or tell them that their coping methods (so long as they don't hurt anyone, and "your existence might make the rest of us look cringy" doesn't count) are wrong, force labels on them they don't want, speculate on their history and trauma without their consent, or in any way mock them for their mental health or lack thereof.

You cannot call out psychiatry for its abuse of mentally ill people only to lash out at others because you don't understand their complicated relationship with their marginalized identities and complicated experiences. That is hypocrisy, you are hurting marginalized people, and it's objectively against the values and justice behind the mad pride and anti-psyche movements.

Be better.