what's your least favorite term/euphemism for "mentally ill person"?

[apple2myeye!]

not counting slurs, mine would probably have to be "vulnerable person"/"vulnerable individual". i've always thought it was a really goddamn patronizing term, even though i know it's not always used in a negative context. maybe i've just seen it be used too much by smug charlie kirk types.

 

[LoveYoux]

First off my favourite has to be neuro-divergent
Least favourite would probably be things like schizo, mental, crazy etc

Neuro-Divergent
sounds so cool x

 

[Hirokami]

Wet blanket, emo, edgelord/edgy, and attention seeker. Fuck me for having depression, right?

 

[LucieInTheDark]

edgy, crazy, lazy fucker
i hate this, it feels like a genuine disabilty to be mentally ill but normal people dismiss it so easily. if only they knew how much it all hurts

 

[Lost Magic]

The worst one for me, personally, was telling me that my mother (who died) wouldn't want to see me like this.
Well I am sorry but I have been depressed and anxious all my life. My mother died only made matters worse. I guess I should just go out, ride a bike and forget about it.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

• "Nut case"
• "Crazy person"
• "Edgy"
• "Weirdo"
• "Cringe lord"

Can you imagine if an insulting term was thrown at a person for having a disease or a condition that is not associated with mental illness? There would likely be much outrage.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

Crazy person

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

"a danger to yourself"

 

[Sibyl Vane]

Liar, dramatic, lazy, weird, crazy, and attettion seeker.

 

[whatevs]

Let's be honest, is there any way to refer to someone that's fucked up without saying they are fucked up? Try to say disabled without saying disabled. It's basically impossible.

 

[Sibyl Vane]

Let's be honest, is there any way to refer to someone that's fucked up without saying they are fucked up? Try to say disabled without saying disabled. It's basically impossible.

True, but you also don't need to be a jerk about it which I find to be the case with most people. The main issue, to me at least, is when derogatory words are used as a way to minimize or discredit someone.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Let's be honest, is there any way to refer to someone that's fucked up without saying they are fucked up? Try to say disabled without saying disabled. It's basically impossible.

It is the context of a label that matters, as much as a word itself. For example: "Disabled" is generally considered to be a neutral term, it is stating a persons issue(s) without any malicious intention behind it - an unloaded term to put it another way. Where as a term such as: "F**ked up" can, and is used maliciously; yes it is stating an illness or condition that a person may have, but also with the added effect of mocking them for it.

It is one thing to tell somebody that their house is on fire, it is another thing to start pointing and laughing.

 

[Judah]

Does anyone else hate the fact that the word "special person" was replaced with "person with abilities"?

 

[Foresight]

I don't mind vulnerable person and I use it at times. I guess I feel very vulnerable at my worst so it describes how I feel as a sufferer. I see what you mean though.

I don't like "mentally ill". I think it has a negative tone and I have the same internal pushback to it as you do with vulnerable people. I prefer to say the condition. PTSD impacts more than one system of the body so to call it "mental" isn't telling the whole story. I guess neuro-divergent is a better description but it feels like a catchphrase for younger people, even though I appreciate that it is honest that brain function is involved in a lot of these conditions.

 

[Eternaloblivionplea]

loony or lunatic

 

[kitch]

undisciplined

 

[Druggy423]

Probably dangerous

 

[アホペンギン]

All of my friends call me "edgy" or "sick" when i talk about my suicidal ideation with them.

 

[Rhymester]

Nutcase

 

[trashprincess]

Attention seeking. That's a lot of why I never wanted to express anything to anyone.

Lazy. Why I blamed myself for all of my problems.

As a virtue. Too many people in my family are literally proud of narcissistic or borderline tendencies that have hurt so many people around them.

 

[brainwormz]

you know, it depends entirely on who's saying it. I can't stand with normies use just about any euphemism. Fuck Normies.

 

[StolenLife]

"Crazy", especially when they shorten it to "cray-cray". Also the r-slur. Also "nutcase".

 

[Freyja13]

"a danger to yourself"

Oh god even though this has been true for me I hate this so much. I guess it kinda feels like the person saying this is saying they don't have trust in me and that upsets me for some reason.

 

[winamp]

I am not sure if this counts but I hate when people say stuff like "the trauma adds a little spice" meaning that the person has better humor or a dark sense of humor

they usually always do or say stuff like this or some joke about intrusive thoughts because they romanticize intrusive thoughts and mental illnesses a lot from what I've observed (these specific people)



and I do not find these particular people funny I find them annoying and I think that they don't understand dark humor or satire but then again everyone's definition of that is different

 

[Touhou]

Aspie. I know it's the politically correct term for "sperg", but it just sounds horribly cringe. Sperg's miles better, even though it originated as a derogatory term, as someone on the spectrum.

 

[Himalayan]

I couldn't give less of a fuck

 

[leloyon]

Probably edgelord. It seems like a really convenient way to put down people's struggles and attempts to vent as them being "edgy". I once saw an article talking about how to help an "adult child" with Paranoid Personality Disorder, which seemed super gross, but that was just one time.

 

[chloramine]

Mentally incapable. A bunch of the others already listed here are bad as well. I hate it being made out to sound like I'm somehow not able to think rationally as soon as the want to die comes into play. Or like nothing I say matters because none of it is "real" and obviously the "real" me or whatever who doesn't want to die will feel so grateful that people violated my consent for the purposes of keeping me alive. Just. No.

 

[Ruma]

Nutjob!