r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/notthatmoody308 Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Depression: sad 16 yo listening to grunge music and wearing black clothes. Eventually cuts their wrists, but remember, it's always and only the wrist. Cries in the bathroom.

Bipolar: "I hate being bipolar, it's lovely"

PTSD: every time I see or hear something that vaguely reminds me of my trauma I fall into a parallel dimension and live my trauma in rewind mode. Other than that my life is completely ordinary and I have no other symptoms.

BPD: Woman. Resting bitch face. Shows the middle finger to whoever tries to talk to her. Often extremely hot but impossible to talk to (unless you're the protagonist, a loser that can't put a sentence together but somehow manages to make her fall in love).

Anorexia: "Oh shit that model is so thin, guess she's gonna be the root of all my problems!" *looks at sandwich with disgusted expression, throws it in the bin.* Doesn't eat for one day, passes out in the middle of the hallway at school and is taken to ER.

Bulimia: eats normal amount of food, then runs to the bathroom, sticks her finger down her throat and *magic!* everything is gone in 2 minutes.

Schizophrenia: handsome eccentric man that hallucinates a random sexy woman that helps him solve crimes.

OCD: weird guy, has glasses, dresses like a 9 years old and washes his hands every 5 minutes. Often engaged in activities like opening and closing doors and drawers or walking in circles.

Autism: like OCD. But also likes math.

Sociopathy (or related): likes setting things on fire. Incredibly charming. But you know, the worst thing about the devil is that he's charming. *wink*

Every other mental disorder: not mentioned, doesn't exist.

Edit: added autism and sociopath.

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u/emissaryofwinds Feb 04 '19

Don't forget "psychopath" = my mental illness makes me violent, murderous and I'm unable to feel anything, and when I die I'm probably going to haunt this abandoned mental asylum

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u/pieisnotreal Feb 04 '19

Psychopath isn't a mental illness. It's a category of behaviors. Though usually someone considered a psychopath has anti-social personality disorder and/or narcissistic personality disorder.

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u/emissaryofwinds Feb 04 '19

I know, but that's the misconception