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i know there are people with genuine disorders, but i also know people who have developed or intensified their intense fears (arachnophobia and misophonia are popular, for some reason) only within the echo chamber of the internet, where anything that makes you "unique" and "vulnerable" gets poistive attention. there are a whole lot of people who can't tell the difference between "i'm annoyed, disgusted, distracted or upset by this thing" and "i'm in danger of having a panic attack every time i'm reminded that this thing exists." people with the latter condition do exist but it's very rare.

not to special snowflake myself, but i do have legitimate triggers over things and a few disorders, such as arachnophobia (was the anon that left the huge 'arachnophobia sucks btw' comment), misophonia, social anxiety, and severe sleep disorders (that are exacerbated by my anxiety attacks). they suck. it's not fun. but other than bringing it up here, anon, to clarify a few things or agree/disagree with comments, i don't put my name to it and run around expecting everyone to cater to my needs or conditions. i deal with them as best as i can and try to avoid what i can't.

the problem comes from, as you said, people that think it makes them unique or special to put a disorder on a mild irritant (don't get me started over how annoyed 'omg i'm triggered by that' gets me over someone just not liking something) and they are vocal and annoying and abrasive about it and it detracts from people with actual disorders. appropriating neurological disorders to make it seem like you're less of an asshole just makes you more of one (general you, no YOU), and it leaves the people like myself and others with genuine disorders to have to sit through people slinging 'legit autist' around. not everyone is a tumblrina using words they don't know.

and ftr, people with actual conditions aren't as rare as you think, they're just less likely to legitimize it with their name because of the potential fallout.

as misophonia anon on other page i genuinely didn't mean to start this frankly embarrassing discussion, i just wanted to see if anyone else here experienced it. i'm not expecting any coddling, i mean, i haven't told my parents because i don't want them to feel awkward about it so i just deal. but it gets unbearable and i really need to vent sometimes.

some of y'all are being some salty bitches about it though.

the train woman probably isn't in your same situation, and you (as far as you've let on) are not an entitled bitch about it, so you aren't the topic of discussion here.

i'm sorry you aren't able to talk to your parents about it. i hope they're understanding when/if you do.

i'll honestly take the 'i'm a special snowflake look at how special i am' people over the 'you're faking it and you think you're so unique' people.

i mean, if i had to choose. the former kind of person can still fuck things up for the people who have legitimate problems, but not to the extent as the people who completely disregard even people with legitimate problems on the basis that they might be a special snowflake. most of us aren't doctors. this isn't our determination to make.

i find it better to err on the side of caution and assume someone actually has the problem they're claiming to have than to default to scorning them for alleged attention seeking, because that's the consideration i would want offered to me.

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