Hey, It's October Now! Its My Absolute Favorite Month That Contains My Favorite Holiday.

Hey, it's October now! Its my absolute favorite month that contains my favorite holiday.

However, Halloween and the days leading up to it can be very stressful for psychotic folk.

So!

Please:

Do not trip paranoia/strengthen delusions on purpose for fun. If you are in a position to stoke someone's paranoia or to ease it, do the kind thing. If you're faced with a delusion, do not advance it. This doesn't necessarily mean give an unwanted reality check, it just means do not take it further.

Do not take advantage of people's psychosis for a laugh. Don't pretend like real things are just hallucinations and that you can't experience them, and do not pretend that genuine hallucinations are real. You could do some serious damage to a person by making them think they're hallucinating when they're not, and you can do just as much damage if you convince them that what they are hallucinating is real.

Do not mock and demonize our mental illness with offensive costumes. We are not a joke. Don't run around in straight jackets. Its not funny, it's not quirky, it's not cool. Its ableist. Psychotic people, as well as many other groups of people, have faced years of active hatred and oppression. Its not funny to poke fun at those times of abuse.

Do not encourage the narrative of asylums filled with murderous, "insane" monsters or the stereotype of "crazy" killers. Go to a different haunted house. We are not a horror sideshow, we are real people who have suffered real terror, real trauma, and real challenges. Its not ok and it's actively harmful.

It takes very little effort to make psychotic people feel welcome and comfortable this Halloween. Please don't ostracize us.

Have a good October and a happy Halloween!

when referring to myself, i will use first person pronouns. the only time i dont is when im around folks who dont know my 'types. though usually i just avoid talking about my alterhumanity at all around those people

Fictives of specific characters, when referring to your type do you say: I, third person, alternate generally, alternate depending on who you speak to or something else?

I'm assuming you mean fictionkins, since this isn't a plurality blog, but fictives/introjects are welcome to answer as well! ^-^

factives, factkin, and all other factfolk, i love you. never let yourself be chased out of our community for just existing as the way you are.

i feel like many people use "straight"...wrong

it's used a lot to mean cis, het, allo, perisex, etc.

basically just not lgbtq+ at all

but that's not true

trans people can be straight and lgbtq+

intersex people can be straight and lgbtq+

neopronoun users can be straight and lgbtq+

arospec people can be straight and lgbtq+

acespec people can be straight and lgbtq+

polyamorous people can be straight and lgbtq+

genderfluid, bigender, and other gender non-conforming people can be straight and lgbtq+

i know a few people who are biromantic and heterosexual or vice versa, and they are still lgbtq+

and there are so many more identities that can absolutely be both

straight does not mean not lgbtq+

Shoutout to humanoid kintypes

Shoutout to kintypes where it's near impossible to find gear to match what you feel

Shoutout to kintypes where you're the only one

using heroforge is fun for coming up with gear ideas

i may draw these myself soon..