people use really important specific words really loosely online and it's annoying.
psychological disorders and symptoms, language about sexual violence, etc.
words mean things. please use them responsibly.
not everyone who is a jerk or did something notably terrible is a sociopath / psychopath
zoning out is not dissociating
"stalking" is a serious form of sexual violence, not when you creep on someone online
narcissistic personality disorder has very specific criteria. someone being an ignorant and arrogant fool is does not mean they have that disorder. (calling someone a narcissist =/= saying that have NPD)
just because you like things neat doesn't mean you have OCD
stop calling people "psycho" or things "bipolar" because you don't understand them
@gingerrroot I'd personally like to add the word "schizo" to this list
@gingerrroot oh apparently you tooted about this 8 hours ago. I didn't notice lol, that local timeline gets me sometimes
@noxy oh don’t worry about that at all.
and if you're using this language because you're in the field of psychology, you're being unethical by offering some sort of diagnosis about someone you haven't even seen clinically to explain bigotry and awfulness when that correlation just isn't be there and shouldn't be implied.