LifestyleWhy are people so obsessed with fake trauma and being overly sensitive?

submitted by PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual from (self.LGBDropTheT)

Subject says it all. I know people who have actual PTSD from being in a war and in combat and it seems like many T and Q folx and TRAs love to now claim that their lives were or are so traumatic, that it is equivalent to being in a war in combat, etc. when in reality they were not-this is also something people with BPD and NPD do or they claim they were "tortured" when in reality they never were.

Are most of these people borderline or cluster B? I read some study that said the vast majority of trans people have BPD and the parents of trans kids and minors/young adults are also borderline or have NPD. Does social media create NPD or BPD?

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[–]MyLongestJourney 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

"Why are people so obsessed with fake trauma and being overly sensitive"?

This is how they feel important and assert control over other people.

[–]JulienMayfair 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is how they feel important and assert control over other people.

Bingo.

[–]Chocolatepudding 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I have a sibling doing exactly this. In a completely different context though

[–]PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What exactly does your sibling do?

[–]Chocolatepudding 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is obsessed with trauma in their re-written history

[–]Lovebirds_fury 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I dont think social media can create NPD...though I'm not a psychologist so maybe im wrong. In my opinion they are obsessed with traumas because it's another way to develop an oppressed identity. Browsing fakedisordercringe in reddit opened my eyes to a world I didn't know it existed, people using traumas and mental disorders to gain popularity and get an out of jail free card for all their bullshit.

So my guess is that they are narcissists using every tool available to manipulate people and trauma is just another one. Social media gives them a platform to reinforce each other's behavior

[–]Femaleisnthateful 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Culture does drive people's sense of self and certain disorders. I'm not going to explain it well, but it's generally well accepted that eating disorders, for instance, are culturally driven. Many different medical diagnoses, like hysteria, or multiple personality disorder, have once been popular and then eventually disappeared. Practically everyone I know self IDs as having ADHD and/or autism. I do see cluster B personality disorders becoming more common as social media encourages everyone to obsess about their self-image and their identity, all the time.

[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I completely agree with this. I'm seeing a tremendous surge in people saying they're on the autism spectrum, which itself has become so broad that practically half of humanity qualifies as autistic now.

[–]GrouchyHierophantLuGuBrious not Tenebrous 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Social media allows people with NPD to seek out new sources of validation, and wider ones. They may, if they have power, even demand that others bow down to their demands for validation. I won't say any more.

[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They want to feel different, and so, use mental illnesses as a way to present as different from others.

Let's face it: most of these "mental illness collectors" have lived very stable and confortable middle class lives, and so, need something in their lives to claim those sweet sweet opression points over.

They have no conception on the harsh realities of life or on how it truly feels to be disenfranchised or opressed.

[–]PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

True, they were never actually abused, homeless, starving, etc.