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can enst fandom PLEASE stop diagnosing shu with DID when they have nothing but a surface level understanding of the condition
I don't claim to be an expert on DID either but it's the same damn shit that gets me heated up when I see people calling sleepy character stereotypes "narcolepsy" like no it fucking ISNT. you can't just read the wiki page and decide it's canon that's what a character has!
if canon DOESNT say a character has xyz condition then they DONT. what's so hard to grasp about that? you can't just go around diagnosing them with very serious conditions? do you know how fucking insulting that is?
if someone with medical experience with DID (either as a professional with experience working with DID or as someone who actually has it) can come up to me and tell me that yes, they think this is the case, then I'll believe it. but otherwise I will continue to be irritated.
Y'all pull this fucking shit ALL THE TIME, especially with more ~interesting~ disorders and I'm fucking over it. Take our diagnoses out of your fucking mouths unless it's canon or you ACTUALLY understand what it's like to have them.
There's a difference between the portrayal being poor/inaccurate but the condition being canon and fans deciding to willy-nilly decide character quirks are life-altering disorders. The former isn't much better, but honestly I personally find the latter more insulting.
it's been pointed out to me that in one of his stories I haven't read yet, natsume says this about him which is... dubious at best but I'll accept it's canon even if it highly bothers me still. (also natsume ur like 17 and don't even have a high school diploma, please)
I'm going to leave this thread up though bc I think I still make a very valid point about a very frustrating behavior in fandom where disorders (god bless poor personality disorders because they always get the worst of it) have our issues taken very lightly.
