love love love it when people claim panic/anxiety attacks for being called out for doing something shitty, I'm so glad my mental illness is an impenetrable shield against criticism!
nayrt As a person with mental illnesses I definitely don't agree with the idea of using them as a barrier against criticism. But I don't like the word claim because we don't know *for sure* that they didn't have a panic attack.
I've had panic attacks over getting called out for stupid shit I've said, but I got support for it privately because as soon as you post "oh my GOD I'm having a PANIC ATTACK and it's YOUR FAULT" you've completely derailed the thread and suddenly you're not someone who said/did something shitty, it's the people you've wronged who are horrible bullies who pushed a delicate mentally ill person into a breakdown. :/ so, yeah, we don't know *for sure* that they didn't have a panic attack, but either way they're intentionally using it as a weapon against people who have done nothing wrong, hence "claim".
Ah, thank you for the explanation - I think I have a better understanding now of what you meant. At first I took "claim" to be more about doubting, but now if I understand you right I think you mean the act of the claim, regardless of true or false, was problematic. And yeah, while I am definitely about people being able to express problems they are having, I do understand that at times it can be a derailment.
a ayrt rt Yeah. Even when it wouldn't be derailing I wouldn't want to mention in a public forum that I'm having a panic attack for the same reason you mention. Mental illness really needs to be de-stigmatized, like, yesterday, but I guess that's veering off topic a little so just, yeah.
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(Anonymous) 2016-03-02 06:49 am (UTC)(link)As a person with mental illnesses I definitely don't agree with the idea of using them as a barrier against criticism. But I don't like the word claim because we don't know *for sure* that they didn't have a panic attack.
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(Anonymous) 2016-03-02 08:19 am (UTC)(link)Yeah. Even when it wouldn't be derailing I wouldn't want to mention in a public forum that I'm having a panic attack for the same reason you mention. Mental illness really needs to be de-stigmatized, like, yesterday, but I guess that's veering off topic a little so just, yeah.