reading mythology, less meltdown-inducing than crosswords, and I can get familiar with the discomfort of cognitive dissonance. Learning Anything is supposed to be good brain health. Some people learn the perfect pokemon team - I learn star and mythos lore. Some ppl have Pikachu, I have Pisces. 😂3/3

Learning Sidereal Astrology is a challenge that reminds me of the type of challenge one's supposed to feel from crosswords and sudoku. It's a mental challenge to take a familiar concept and alter the understanding of it while adding new information and associations. It's more active than/2

#Poetry #Plural #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #CPTSD

Don't mistake the physical and emotional pain of cognitive dissonance with the pain of injustice. When someone calls you in on racist behaviors, words, or patterns - You are not being attacked. You're not being slandered. You're being held accountable.

Mature Up. ✨👍(This has also @me) 4/end

You don't need to defend yourself or clear things up. You are not being misunderstood. It feels uncomfortable because your behaviors are incongruent with your values. You are loved and RESPECTED enough for someone to hold you accountable. So BE accountable, stfu, and start paying attention. 3/4

It's not an opportunity to share your perspective, your background, your history, or your list of accomplishments.

It's your homework assignment to zip your mouth, and start noticing things around you. Silently observe your behaviors, words, actions, etc. Ask questions WITHOUT giving feedback. 2/4

So we don't consent for our online content to be used in batch studies by people with no manners. /The End

We also spent time on FetLife, and there were college students and licensed clinicians doing similar shit over there. Studying and taking samples from profiles and posts without permission from the creators/owners.

and guilty of fakeclaiming people with a validated psychiatric diagnosis without clinically reviewing them.

They showed a gross misuse of their clinical and academic power, negligence, and egregious misunderstanding of the personal lives of people with this diagnosis.

It did not take long, about 14 days, for McLaren to retract this lecture video from all publications.

I don't know if there was a legal case, but in the public court they were determined to be guilty of unethical and misleading use of these social media accounts,

As none of these persons with DID were contacted about the use of their content in this lecture, there were no exams, studies, or reviews to determine if any of the featured individuals met the diagnostic criteria for Malingering.

The lecturer then claimed that the appearance of people on social media who are open about their disorder is most often, a case of malingering. Malingering is a DSM diagnosis that also requires clinical review.

In doing so, the videos and profiles of miscellaneous DID systems were used. These systems were not contacted or notified about being used as a case study, as such no diagnoses were validated.