People using terminology referencing abuse on this website with no trigger warnings (which I thought was a bit of a safe place) hurts me so much. I feel stupid and weak for not being able to handle what others should be able to handle (and there is one person in particular that I am annoyed with, but I am not comfortable with revealing their name).

I feel less of a want to use this website because of the fear of pain and frustration I feel towards myself (and maybe towards the people that use such terms, but I am not sure how much of the blame should really be put on them).

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[–] 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hmm... As someone into psychology I don't like people's use of psychopath and sociopath and narcissist to describe selfish people who commit heinous acts. It pathologizes what we know is a product of capitalist environment, something real people with ASPD and NPD rarely benefit from. It's a matter of peoplle speaking on things they haven't investigated. I have similar hangups with the use of "pedophile" to describe CSA perpetrator despite the two groups rather rarely overlapping.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Oh yeah I was gonna make a post about this. I hate pop-psychology so so so so SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. There's nothing I could say that would allow you to FATHOM how much I despise it.

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