When I #glance|d at the snow globe with the #fox & the hare #cozy|ing, #water filled my eyes. This #impression! I had my act together, the loose ends rolled up to a neat ball of thread, but some events #traumatize a person. I closed my eyes, confident I'd solve my mind's #puzzle.
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#MastoPrompt #BrknShards #vssnature #MicroPrompt #Whistpr #vss365 #rise365
#mpotd (picture prompt)
#WritingCommunity
"#Colonizers kill, #displace, #ignore, #traumatize, #exploit and #oppress the #indigenous #people who have taken care of the #land they lived on for THOUSANDS of years, and then when they see the land degrading around them have the fucking GALL to have all their #environmental messaging be like "Wahh #humans bad and #evil and #greedy :("
Like no you dumb motherfuckers you just uprooted the people who knew what they were doing, and when stuff starts to go to shit you decide it must be that humans are inherently awful because it's easier than admitting that YOU LOT fucked up."
"Its a reflection of how they consider themselves the #protagonists of #history and therefore everything about their #culture is normal and all their #faults are #universal. Its also trying to obscure the #responsibility of a particular #economic #system which very powerful people benefit from for the unprecedented #ecological #disaster we're hurtling into."
https://www.tumblr.com/anarchonist/718669970268192768?source=share
On the So-Called Ableism of Using "Narcissism" as a Term.
If you really think that using the word "#narcissism" is #ableist, please watch this video:
To summarize (poorly), the #research is beginning to recognize that the #personality #disorders, as diagnoses, do those to whom they are applied more harm than good. Most #narcissists will never see a #therapist, and they'll never be #diagnosed with #NPD. The people who are diagnosed with NPD are #vulnerable, and it's possible they need a second opinion.
But the #ableism? It's calling from inside the house.
Because if you're still convinced that saying "#narcissistic" is ableist, then rather than shouting "ableist" at the top of your lungs to people who are #survivors (and in some cases present #victims) of people who engage in narcissistic #behaviors, are the most likely to take your words seriously. They are the most likely to experience worse #abuse as a result of your disempowering them and silencing them.
Instead of #silencing survivors, try to consider what words may be used instead of narcissism. It's not correct to say that "narcissistic abuse" is the same as #emotional abuse. Narcissistic abuse may be a form of emotional abuse, but its insidiousness goes far beyond what most people who experience emotional abuse ever experience.
A lot of people who think of "narcissism" as an ableist term will eagerly call its users ableist without offering any alternative words that will allow them to speak about their specific type of suffering. So let Dr. #Ramani do the work for you: Consider sharing the term "#antagonistic #relationship #style" or, in lieu of "narcissistic abuse," antagonistic #relational abuse, with those who you might otherwise re-#traumatize with your careless #social #justice #barbarism.
Because silencing the survivors of abuse, many of whom have #PTSD from living with narcissistic (or antagonistic) persons, is the real ableism.
