I notice a lot of people use terms like "psychotic" or "psychopath" as insults and negative descriptions on here. These are clinical terms that are used to describe real people with difficulties, not boogeymen! I don't disagree with the sentiment that these people are doing wrong, but if you wouldn't use the r-slur or "autistic" as an insult (which you shouldn't) then you shouldn't use these words either. And I get the idea of calling someone delusional, but take care that you don't just mean "I disagree with them." Though by posting on neurodiverse I imagine I'm preaching to the choir.

Sincerely, a casual schizoaffective disorder haver.

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    7 months ago

    i'll edit the comment where i said it the other day. i used psychotic when i meant psychopathic but unaware that could be harmful

    i also understand psychotic is it's own thing. i've experienced temporary psychosis before and psychopathy is still a frontier yet to be explored that will probably end up being a seen as a spectrum of neurodiversity just like autism and ADHD