Ableism towards cluster B personality disorders is far too normalised.
I hate how it's all about 'mental health awareness' and 'mental health positivity' unless you have ASPD, BPD, NPD or are a compulsive liar.
As someone who has ASPD I hate how our society treats mental illnesses that aren't considered wholesome like depression or autism.
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This reminds me of a reddit thread I saw years ago that talked about pedophilia and how there are anonymous groups for people who realize that it's wrong and want to be "cured"
But they have to hide and use complete anonymity, else their lives would be ruined
They're people suffering from, in my opinion, a mental illness but cannot get help, and I find it quite tragic, actually
I agree with the last part of your post but I don't like you comparing people who have cluster B personality disorders with pedophiles.
It was a comparable problem, not a comparable affliction, but I hear you. Part of why the world is so fucked up right now, in my opinion, is because we are so easily fixated on the subjects rather than the subject matter and it often derails the actual discussions we need to have. Not saying your wrong, just saying that kind of dissemination has been the bane of democracy lately. At least left leaning politics. They don't have that messaging problem on the right.
The whole point of my thread was about how bad ableism is and you respond by comparing those with cluster B personality disorders to the worst thing there is. People with personality disorders are just people with a illness that can be helped but pedophiles are just irredeemable and pure evil. All the hate directed at them is completely warranted.
Okay then. I didn't actually respond that way, and you saying your illness is valid and their isn't is how we got to this point in the first place. I never compared the two, merely voiced an opinion about how you derailed your own argument by going "ew, gross" about another issue. That's the way people feel about mental illness, so to say that about another oppressed group, for whatever reason, is disingenuous and how you only care about your specific problem and not the world at large.
Pedophiles are just people with an illness. Child abusers are irredeemable and pure evil. But not all pedophiles are child abusers (and for that matter, not all child abusers are pedophiles). Pedophilia is nothing more than an attraction. Some sufferers succumb to and act on that attraction, others seek psychological help to manage that attraction so that they don't act on it.
This commenter was very obviously referring to the latter: those afflicted by pedophilia who are determined to keep themselves from acting on it, but face social challenges in finding psychological help.
Assaulting children is the worst thing there is. Being attracted to children is not the same thing as raping children. You've proven their point with your ignorance
You are completely wrong
Actually I think folks with ASPD are the worst, trash that should be discarded from society. /s
I think you're confusing folks who have pedophilia with folks who act on it.