im wren and i am wary about posting this. not sur ehow you all will react.
this wiki is full of neurodivergent individuals. lots of systems, lots of autistic folks, etc etc, and i think this is awesome. its great that this is a good safe space for nd people
im neurodivergent myself. but i do not feel. comfortable here
i dont expect the world to revolve around me or anything, im just voicing my thoughts because ive been looming in the shadows here for a while and i thought maybe some other people are experiencing the same thing i am.
why don’t i feel comfortable here? this wiki is so accepting of neurodivergency!
while this is true, this wiki is full of a particular type of neurodivergency
i dont really know how to explain this in a PC way, so im sorry if this is offensive somehow. most of you here are ND but with the more commonly seen as more on the quirky side over weird disorders, i guess (it pains me to describe it that way, but im sure you know how many disorders are frequently turned into this cute quirky aesthetic and thats what im talking about)
like DID. plurality. depression. anxiety. these disorders are often romanticized (mostly by people faking it, and ik most of you here probably aren’t one of those ppl. its just the awful truth), and the people who have these illnesses are always a victim and most commonly treated with sympathy and utmost kindness. thats wonderful. all disorders suck and we all struggle.
but as someone who has mental illness and does not fit into the more “aesthetic”disorders that are met with sympathy i don’t feel like we are welcome into this wiki and other similar communities.
i have yet to meet any people with disorders/illnesses such as most personality disorders (narcissistic, etc), schizophrenia, philias, sexual disorders, psychopathy/sociopathy and so on. i honestly don’t know of a safe place where people who suffer from this type of mental illness to be and not feel hated and like their disorder makes them a bad person or something
i just thought you should know that. since this wiki is so proud of how accepting and stuff it is, and hopefully this criticism will be constructive.
/srs
side note: i don’t want this to turn into an argument. if you want to talk with me more in depth about this just message me. i don’t want drama