Calling out destructive Cluster B behaviors is not ableism.
We all need to be responsible for how our behavior harms others.
As someone diagnosed with a cluster B personality disorder and all too aware of the stigma that comes with them, the ableism in this is really not ok.
Many professionals won’t work with people with cluster B disorders. Not to mention the idea of a “personality disorder” is shitty as all hell, and for many the issue is actually CPTSD.
Ableism?
No.
That’s just something people who don’t address their issues say to project blame. I know from repeated painful personal experience.
Because do you know why so many professionals won’t work with Cluster B’s?
But sure. It’s up to everyone else to walk on eggshells around the fact that you have a diagnosable condition that can often cause you to harm other people.
And projection of responsibility for that is a literal diagnostic criterium for NPD and BPD.
None of these destructive symptoms are found in c-PTSD, which I have, so I think it’s shitty as hell that you would conflate these conditions since I don’t use my trauma as an excuse to lash out at people who don’t deserve it.
I’ve been a victim of this repeatedly for daring to care for people who think the way you do, starting with my horrifically abusive parents.
I’ve also written repeatedly about the difference between treated and untreated personality disorders (which of course are named by science, not me).
This is what I wrote about BPD, for instance.
I’ve removed our mutual follows. While PDs are often caused by abuse, and I empathize, I don’t trust people who avoid accountability.
