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  • Actually, it was Nemesis, the god of divine punishment for hubris. Nemesis’ job is to punish any mortal who thinks they’re the equal of the gods. And in Greek society, asexuality and aromanticism were so villified that not dating anyone was equated with thinking you’re equal to the gods. It’s a nonsense stereotype kind of like the American/English stereotype that trans women are sexual predators.

    When Narcissus was born, an oracle warned his family “This boy will die if he sees his reflection”. But it’s unclear whether Narcissus falling in love with his reflection is a natural character trait, or something Nemesis cursed him with in addition to showing him the spring. It would have looked the same either way to the oracle. Either way, Nemesis knew she was killing Narcissus on purpose, just to answer the prayers of an incel who was mad he wouldn’t date them.

    Other fun facts: Narcissus was 16 when all of this happened. He was 16, and society already thought he owed other people his love or he should die.

    https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/narcissus-wasnt-an-abuser-he-was-queer-15a74e456838





  • I recommend reading the article, I’m very proud of it.

    I wrote this article because I was inspired by something Ian Danskin recently said. See, he used the word n***c***stic as an insult in a recent video. I spoke to him about it, and he agreed to remove it as it’s ableist, and left a comment on the video discussing the issue. I’m very grateful that Ian cares about disability issues. But he also said he’s disappointed that psychologists named a mental disorder after the Greek myth, and that got Me thinking. Is the original Greek myth worth making cultural reference to, if the word were not an ableist slur? So naturally, I analysed the myth, and discovered that it’s queerphobic, heteropatriarchal, and vaguely ephebophilic. Turns out there’s no good reason at all to use the word as an insult, even if you’re referencing Greek mythology!

    I find that fact kind of beautiful, because it defangs excuses used by ableists that they were referring to Greek mythology all along. If they really were, well their words suck just as bad. So they can’t hide behind such excuses anymore.

    Anyway now I stan Narcissus as an aroace king 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 🖤🤍💜







  • Donald Trump does not have an NPD diagnosis. If you’re going to name random people to invent an argument, then I may as well do the same thing and claim that Bob Ross, Mr Rogers, and Carl Sagan had NPD.

    https://www.narcissisticabuserehab.com/darvo/

    Narcissistic Abuse Rehab is a hate website founded on reactionary feelings, not on science. DARVO is a real thing, and I’m sure they have good sources for its existence. But they have no sources connecting DARVO with NPD, because there isn’t a connection.

    https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/pathological-lying-narcissistic-personality-disorder-traits

    That’s an opinion piece that appears to be based on a tweet. It’s not scientific evidence.

    https://psychcentral.com/blog/psychology-self/2017/09/narcissistic-projection#1

    That’s an opinion piece on a blog which cites other opinion pieces on blogs. It’s not scientific evidence.

    just the diagnostic criteria from the DSM indicate the dangers:

    Only one of them does, and its inclusion in the DSM was controversial. Many experts argued against even including NPD as a diagnosis.

    https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/new-insights-narcissistic-personality-disorder

    Conceptualizations and diagnostic definitions of narcissistic personality disorder have primarily focused on the more strikingly provocative, self-enhancing, entitled interpersonal behaviors and attitudes that tend to capture the attention of clinicians rather than on the patient’s underlying, internal struggles. This has contributed to making the diagnosis more judgmental rather than informative.

    Here’s another source:

    https://www.thehotline.org/resources/abuse-and-mental-illness-is-there-a-connection/

    A common assumption we hear at The Hotline is that abuse is caused by a partner’s mental health condition, for example: bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), narcissistic personality, borderline personality or antisocial personality. While these are serious mental health conditions, they do not cause abuse. Nothing in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM 5) states that a mental illness solely causes a partner to be abusive in a relationship; however, there are a select few diagnoses that can increase the risk of abusive patterns to show up in a relationship and in other areas of life.