WHY DOES EVERYONE FAKE MENTAL ILLNESSES IT SHOULDN'T BE A TREND I'm tired of it! It doesn't make you unique nor quirky. STOP! It's insensitive to people with the actual ilness/disorder a person is faking. No, depression isn't an aesthetic. No, faking anxiety doesn't make you look good. No, faking autism doesn't make you better. It's so annoying, can this just stop?? Please we are living in XXI century, is this the peak of humanity? Seriously who came up with this! Alright I can kinda tolerate depression edits or such, yes they are insensitive but I can understand though what I cannot comprehend is basing your whole personality on faked disorders?? And those fucking fake DID systems that are walking circuses. Systems are not for your OCs having conversations. Why would you do this anyway?! WHY IS THIS ALL A FUCKING TREND like those shit tiktoks with fake tics. It's awful, just stop embarassing yourself it's often so clearly obvious UGHHH I mean at least if you're gonna pretend do some research on the topic to be on spot. I swear those studies showing that 2/3 of the world is depressed don't see that probably most of that 1/3 is composed of fakers, seriously I've seen so much fakers I don't know what to think anymore, am I faking my illnesses? Are you faking? Is she faking? Is he faking? Are they faking? What is going on honestly I have no damn clue Edit: As one user in the comments mentioned I wrote some misinformation about systems and DID here, sorry about that. Was kinda blinded by the hate towards those fake groups but still doubted if the things I wrote about that were true. As someone who has little to no experience with DID people I apologize for the misinformation and deleted the parts that most likely were incorrect, hope it's alright!
DID isn’t fun. It’s not quirky. It’s a trauma based mental illness. It’s amnesi, panic attacks, confusion, exhaustion, incomplete tasks, self sabotage, unstable relationships, and more. I’m fucking sick and tired of all these people on TikTok just switching on command like that’s just a normal thing anyone can do. I’m tired of ALL of their alters being fictives from media they love now or quirky trauma holders who are edgy and cool. I hate how they all know all the information about every alter and they all work together and make TikToks and want to front all the time and switch all the time. I’m tired of them showing no signs until like these past few months as if it’s not something that can only develop in early childhood. No wonder so many people don’t believe DID exists. Because the large majority of people who speak about it online are spreading misinformation and are just basically roleplaying. It makes me so fucking angry
I mistakenly visited the illness fakers sub and noticed one of the prevalent “fakers” (it’s not my place to determine if they’re faking or not but that’s what the sub labeled them) has EDS, or claims to. I’m wondering why is EDS an illness that people may claim to have when they don’t? It’s less vague than some other things people could fake (chronic fatigue syndrome, for example) and all but HEDS has a genetic marker. Also not gonna lie, am slightly concerned people will think I’m faking if I ever need to tell them I have EDS. I guess I’m also baffled at why anyone would pretend to have EDS or exploit it for attention and donations when the diagnostic criteria is decently detailed and specific. I literally just heard about it 6 months ago after years of trying to figure out where my symptoms were coming from, so like idk why people wouldn’t want to pick a more recognizable illness? So, just wondering if people claiming EDS to gain attention or monetary gain is common, and has anyone ever been accused of faking their EDS?
The news was broken to the sub some hours ago that Amy Lee Fisher (whom they commonly refer to as ALF), a vlogger who is known for documenting her chronic illness, has passed away.
Some comments in the thread:
>I don't know how many ppl have to die to community recognize how FD serious disorder is and it need to be treated.
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>It's not just simple attention seeking..its dramatic situation for family,sufferer and services.
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>It's hard to process she's passed away when her death was most likely preventable.
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>I'm sorry Amy that your story end up that way,
> genuine question: how do you all cope with watching a person die after having made fun of them relentlessly for years?
>I hope someone who has EDS, gastroparesis, POTS, MCAS or any other diagnosis takes a moment to reflect on what’s happened here.
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>You don’t have to be the worst case, you don’t need to gun for devices, you are valid whether your case is mild, moderate or severe.
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>Your suffering is valid, and if you don’t feel seen, go speak with a psychologist.
> I hope she knows that there were a lot of us here rooting for her to pull through. Most here agreed she likely did have many of the conditions she claimed but was ott about it, but we had hardly heard from her in recent months and people often asked and expressed their concern about her and hoped she would pull through and make the best of her life.
The comments are otherwise sympathetic and expressing shock, but here is how the sub used to talk about her (they have a flair dedicated to her):
"Learning to walk again" - sure, Jan (I left out the bruising pics)
Interesting coincidence.. (where OP links her to Munchausen Syndrome)
“If” something happens sooner?? rrigghhhttt.
UNILAD posts video of ALF as "inspirational"
[So ALF is posting supposed "studies" claiming that 33% of all people diagnosed with "severe" GP will die within 5 years of onset which seems incredibly OTT to me, a
... keep reading on reddit ➡GUYS WE DID AMAZING TODAY. SO PROUD OF EVERYONE THAT HELD ALL DAY. KEEP THOSE DIAMOND HANDS ALL DAMN WEEK BABY!
