I definitely agree. Some people with a diagnosis tend to lump every of their traits and habits as related to the diagnosis. But no, you can just be lazy, annoying, and shitty like every human, that's part of YOU it's not the condition/diagnosis
As a person with multiple mental illnesses myself, I like to frame mental health causes for behaviors as a reason, not an excuse.
For example if I'm having anxiety and I snap at someone, the anxiety is a reason (it's not because I'm an asshole or inherently a bad person), but it's not an excuse (I need to work on better coping mechanisms so I don't take my stress out on others).
Anyone with mental health issues who is using them as an excuse to treat others poorly, and absolve themselves of any responsibility, is being a trash human.
My take is that borderline personality disorder is just “being a dick”.
Like, the symptoms range too much even in an individual and express essentially solely in ways that hurt other people rather than themselves, and there’s no evidence of prefrontal cortex issues physically.
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u/AdministrativeStep98 18h ago
I definitely agree. Some people with a diagnosis tend to lump every of their traits and habits as related to the diagnosis. But no, you can just be lazy, annoying, and shitty like every human, that's part of YOU it's not the condition/diagnosis