Fake Disorder Merch Is Terrible!

Today we are taking a look at something slightly different. Merch available for disorder fakers...

[camm]

need a shirt that says "I would take my antipsychotics but then my wife and children would be gone"

[vanillathebard]

You should've went incognito before searching for this *merch* so the sites wouldn't start suggesting more of it. Thanks for your sacrifice though.

[corvidinthewoods]

I thought the "endogenic pride" flag looked familiar, so I Googled it along with what I thought it was. I was right! The endogenic flag is LITERALLY the MLM (man loving man) pride flag flipped upside down! As someone who identifies as a man (not a gay man) I feel like that is A) absolute BS, B) completely and utterly disrespectful, and C) is super lazy.

[Isaac-psbn]

Fun fact, the word Endogenic actually came from two old websites of two people. One of them had D.I.D and was simply refusing to believe his diagnosis and the other didn't have D.I.D at all but "wanted to be a system" So basically Endos don't exist because it was made up by some guy on the internet who simply didn't want to agree to his diagnosis and the other guy was just attention seeking

[krupplet]

"i like your personality" "thanks it's ADHD"

As someone with ADHD, this is just. Mega cringe. 🙄

[susannaezell]

I would like to correct something! The ribbon system actually extends over a lot of things people have struggled with. It is a system for awareness and hope. For example, a lime ribbon can be an awareness symbol for Depression. Purple can be for domestic violence, as well as survivors of 911. The ribbon system is not exclusive to just physical medical disorders! I do agree though that DID/Mental illness merch can be very uncomfortable-

[trashyjasp]

I'm so sick of these people. They make faking illness their whole personalities and seem to think it's so fun and cute and quirky uwu, which just shows how fake they really are.. Then to make quirky merch to profit off these illness/conditions..

Dissociation is not fun, I dissociate so many times a day that I cannot keep track or remember, I lose hours, days, and more. I get lost when I'm out and about if I dissociate and can get set off from the smallest things like smells, sounds (including certain songs that were playing during traumatic times), and places, and it can be so scary and upsetting and lead to flashbacks (C-PTSD). I have night terrors most nights and wake up crying in the middle of the night from time to time. I rip my hair out and have baldspots due to my trichitillomania and OCD, I have breakdowns constantly, go into sensory overload often, cannot handle certain textures, tastes, and smells (partially due to autism and sensory processing and partially due to trauma). I have blackouts (syncopal episodes), due to Neurocardiogenic Syncope, that can happen simply because I didnt hydrate or eat enough, am too hot, or too stressed, this has lead to scars, including one on my eyelid and another along the side of my eye, smashing my head, ambulances being called because I blacked out on public transit alone and blocked my own airway, etc. I struggled in school due to ADHD that wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult, in therapy I am learning how to understand and cope with my emotions and trauma, and have to relive it in imaginal experiences with my therapist in session, then listen to a recording of the session daily as well, and am currently uncovering more horrific things than I thought possible, and realizing my childhood wasn't mostly happy and normal like I tricked myself into thinking. I am also in DBT for my BPD, and have been for months. I'm in the process of confirming a diagnosis of D.I.D as the first psychiatrist said it was highly likely based on my past trauma, trouble with my memory, dissociation being extreme and daily, disorientation including getting lost on the other side of a city, past sewerslide attempts and SH, and much more, the second is pretty certain after the evaluations we have done so far but would like further confirmation, it is so extremely hard for me to process this and deal with it, I barely discuss it with anyone, my partner and one friend know, but even telling them scared me to death.

It's not funny or cool or quirky or a bunch of anime sexy bois and MCYT people partying in your head, your alters/personalities/parts (I know some refer to them differently than others), are not all your besties or happy to be there, they may not even like you, they may feel it is your fault that they had to hold the trauma or experience it in your place, they may think that the only way to protect themselves and the body is to literally die. None of this is fun or cutesy, it isn't your personality, it isn't some funny joke, it is not okay.

If you are someone who is faking, whether it be for clout, to be liked, etc, or that you genuinely are mentally or physically unwell and have simply mistaken/misdiagnosed due to self diagnosing yourself without followup with a professional, please stop. Seek therapy and help, and if you are struggling, I hope you find the help and support you need, you are loveable, regardless of your mental/physical health, that isn't what defines you, so please seek professional help and understand why what you are doing is harmful. You could be spreading misinfo, or causing others to self diagnose instead of seeking actual treatment, or causing pain to those actually living with those kinds of disorders/illnesses. You faking may lead to those who genuinely have those illnesses being fakeclaimed as well, especially if you are mimicking people who actually have the diagnosis you are claiming to have.

[havanowoncheese]

Me with bipolar disorder: Trying everything in my power to not make my mental health the defining characteristic of me.
Teens faking mental disorders: This defines me and is my one interesting character trait.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[mister_cherio]

My question is why is the endogenic "pride flag" just the gay pride flag but upside down?

[TotallyNotAZorua]

I understand the whole thing with little buttons or whatever saying something like "Please be patient. I have anxiety." But this is just ridiculous!

[namixless]

while i do feel like theres a big issue with kids appropriating an extreme mental disorder i also feel like alot of these kids genuinely need help and are possibly going through other shit to go and do these sorts of things. as someone who has the “cringe” alters i feel bad for the kids/teens that genuinely do have it but are being bashed

[A_Rene]

The teal ribbon is for ovarian cancer!! So they’re really co-opting something else with that.

[ebagentj]

Awareness ribbons can mean a multitude of things, but when I see a teal one I think either of sexual assault survivor awareness and scleroderma awareness (pretty rare disease, but my aunt passed from it so I have some stuff with it from working with charities trying to raise awareness and money for research).

[comajuice]

Honestly disability related products aren't inherently bad, but only really when made by the community for the community

[case]

me, who has OCD, seeing the OCD bracelet: what

[pancake.squirrel]

Oh! The We Exist backpack has a logo from a diagnosed system-the Alexandrites. They..don’t have merch. Those degenerates stole their logo!

[t_elisbeth]

They have now moved on to disorders like EDS and POTS!
I have no idea where and how these kids are getting wheelchairs and canes
Too many “fainting” teens on tik tok for my liking
I’ve literally never seen a typical teen faint on tik tok because of pots
All the people on fainttok have colorful hair and are doing cosplay. It’s quite interesting all of them somehow now have pots
What a silly coincidence

[milozephyr]

Love how the endogenic flag is just the gay flag upside down 😻

[MSANTHRP]

Let me tell you about my interaction with an actually diagnosed person with DID. She was the bio-mother of two of my daughters. She had a very angry and aggressive alter. She ran over her grandfather, stomped my daughter's femur in half, and was giving my other daughter away on Facebook like a puppy. COMPLETELY IN HALF by the way. She was 18 mo and in a body cast. DID is not a fun, cute, quirky aesthetic. It's a rare and severe mental disorder. This sh!t really needs to stop.

[andrewjennings]

The thing the fakers don’t understand is disassociating isn’t fun, relaxing, it a choice. You get scared after coming out of it, your tired, and confused as to why hours, days, even months (in some cases) are missing. You don’t know when it will happen, or even half the time why it happens.