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[anonniemouse]

Please use this post for discussion of those contentious, murky, triggering issues too complex to discuss/moderate on the main post.

Note that this post is NOT a free-for-all and will still be modded for slurs, namecalling, doxxing and trolling. But fair warning that it will not be moderated for discussion of issues some find triggering (trans issues, mental illness, etc.) and that if you choose to participate here, you do so at your own risk.

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Re: lb_lee?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Except the fact that DID is a controversial diagnosis that a bunch of mental health professionals call bunk on. This is like someone with fictionkin saying "thats not how it works." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ okay sure dude considering half of mental health professionals doesn't think it exists but you know exactly how it works!

Re: lb_lee?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Well, I did say it was a contentious issue. I know a couple of people online who claim to have DID and personally I don't think it's real, but I'm not going to argue with people about diseases they may or may not have. Even if it isn't real, me saying it isn't going to change anything, and (as is the case with everyone I know who's lied about having a mental illness) there's likely a different mental illness they do have - in this case, Andy's a diagnosed narcissist.

Personally, I see it like this:

If it isn't a legitimate diagnosis, but is psychologist-induced or created entirely by pop culture, then Andy does not have DID and is lying about it.

If it is a legitimate diagnosis, and everyone who has it has similar symptoms, then Andy still doesn't have DID and is lying about it.

Regardless of whether he does or doesn't have DID, that would only explain the "alters" - that wouldn't explain the compulsive lying, the need for attention, the sexual assaults, or any other aspects of his MO or things he's done, since none of them are symptoms of DID.

And even if they were, just because you do something due to your mental illness doesn't mean you're not responsible for it. If I don't pay a bill because I can't do anything in the throes of my depression, it's understandable but I still have to pay it, and it's still my fault that I didn't. Andy tries to use his "illness" as a get-out-of-jail-free card that absolves him of responsibility for the things he did in the past and negates any need to improve himself in future.

So like, any way that you slice it, Andy still doesn't get off the hook. Whether or not he has DID or if DID is legitimate or not is kind of a red herring.

Re: lb_lee?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT
Agreed!

Re: lb_lee?

[(Anonymous)]

finally, someone fucking said it.