The Coalies & Other Stories

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I will not read them in a Canon-Divergent AU.
I will not read them in Third Point-of-View.
Not in a Crossover! Not in Genfic!
Not in Shipfic! You let me be!

I do not like them in Fanart.
I do not like them even in the Fic of My Heart.
I will not read them in fic of my NOTP.
I do not like them with my OTP.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!
I do not like my DNWs!

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Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

"It's also always discouraging when anon spaces try to talk about personality disorders, I can't read this shit anymore."

Sry2say the diagnostic criteria for most personality disorders, but especially Cluster B disorders^1,2, are not qualities I seek out in new friends

Sorry it sucks to be you, but it also sucks to be around you.

1. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320508
2. https://www.psi.uba.ar/academica/carrerasdegrado/psicologia/sitios_catedras/practicas_profesionales/820_clinica_tr_personalidad_psicosis/material/dsm.pdf

Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

Do we have to get into personality disorder wank? No one is happy with how it turns out. It turns into complete demonization, etc. etc. People with properly treated personality disorders, who are committed to maintaining treatment, respectful, and responsible for their actions are perfectly fine as friends. Yes, people with personality disorders who aren't treated properly/don't take treatment seriously/etc. etc. are usually awful to be around and yes, it's also a fact that personality disorders are under-diagnosed and treatment is often not possible due to financial situations/health care/access to treatment. It's a complex issue. Done. No more talking about it needed.

Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

+100000

Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

5/10, points for creativity in format and making generalizations but saying this in a thread about ableism is a bit too on the nose, don’t you think?

Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I don't expect you to agree with me.

I'm coming from a place where a lot of activism around personality disorders has the central tenant of "Having Boundaries With People Who Have Personality Disorders Is Ableist" and it does not intersect well anyone else who has needs, or who (like me!) was raised by people with untreated personality disorders!

I assume that I will at some point see my friends when they're at their worst, and that worst is worse for people with personality disorders than it is for people without. I'm not taking a chance on someone losing their job, having to stop treatment suddenly, and then leaning on me for the kind of support I'm not (1) trained or (2) able to give, given my own set of mental illnesses and traumas.

I got enough of being put on a pedestal and then knocked to the ground as The Worst by my parents to take it from people I choose to be around, thanks.

But I guess call it ableist if you want to? I call it having the boundaries I need to have to stay safe.