since i can’t shut up, let’s talk “delusions” and otherkin:
1. “we say we’re physically human to show we’re not delusional – but some otherkin can be delusional, but they should get help (that’s dangerous)” and 2. “a delusion is not an evil awful thing but it’s not kin”
1 is presuming to know what’s best for folks with delusions (and that
they’re not already doing what’s best for them, medicalized or no). it’s also literally throwing back the “you need help” line and pushing it off further, to “i don’t need help, those people do.” and it’s prescribing (via armchair psychology) medical treatment, for folks who are at major risk of medical abuse2 is, what, not allowing folks with delusions to be kin? or, only if it’s Not Because Of their delusions? which…first, where does that line come from and who draws it, and second, this rapidly turns into disbelieving folks who say they have delusions and are also kin. (and given the way folks with delusions are constantly ignored as “that’s the crazy talking” rather than a person taking, there is extra harm in doubting what they say.)
both are controlling, and distancing, and literally saying that if you experience delusions and relate that to your kin identity, you’re wrong and can’t call yourself kin. both are saying how people can and can’t identify, navigate their lives and mental health.
now what i’d really like is to hear from, y’know, actual folks who experience delusions. i have some magical thinking weird questioningly-psychosis stuff, and some maybe-hallucinations stuff, but not solidly or saliently enough to claim the experience. and i’m very cautious here, because i know that just because i’m one kind of crazy doesn’t mean i can’t seriously hurt other kinds of crazy (especially psychosis, delusions, personality disorders – the ~extreme~ cases)
so. when i talk about ableism in “physically human” and in identity policing/gatekeeping, this is what i mean.
Reblogging this for any of my followers who experience delusions, in case they want to weigh in on the matter.
