Album of Sharks, Tom McGowen, 1977. Illustrated by Rod Ruth.
people always act like there’s such a hard line between “psychotic person” and “normal person”, and I feel like that plays a lot into the dehumanization psychotic people face. cause once a nonpsychotic person internalizes this logic, suddenly we’re attractions and interesting and a fun research subject cause we’re just so fucking other that we become wholly unrelatable. for the nonpsychotic person, it’s unimaginable what psychosis must “really” feel like. so they treat us like a fictional species just trying to understand our existence. and they don’t worry about how their actions might affect us any more than they’d worry about insulting a vulcan by calling the vulcan thought process “just so interesting!”.
but in reality…. the difference between a psychotic person and a nonpsychotic person is not so stark. all human brains are prone to psychosis. all humans are capable of experiencing psychosis in one way or another. anyone could develop a full blown psychotic disorder at any time, no one is born immune to this. and while there’s some contexts in which it’s necessary to differentiate who does or doesn’t experience these symptoms of course, largely I think nonpsychotic people are doing themselves a disfavor - and being ableist in the process - by ignoring the hard truth of the matter: us psychotic people are exactly the same as them.
so much hate on the dash rb to hug the person you reblogged this from <3
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heyyy i wanted to follow some more people who like fictional podcasts so here is a list of all the podcasts i've listened to/am listening to! if you post about some of the following i'd appreciate it if you interacted so i can follow you :)
finished:
- the magnus archives
- mabel
- i am in eskew
- alice isn't dead
podcasts i have caught up on for now:
- wooden overcoats
- welcome to night vale
- hello from the hallowoods
- brimstone valley mall
- unwell
- the penumbra podcast
currently listening to:
- lore
- old gods of appalachia
Having the time of ferret's life!
caramelize your gender. transgenderize your onions. do it.