Otherkin ≠ Mental Illness

shiroulv:

A mental disorder (also called a mental illness, or psychiatric disorder) is a diagnosis, most often by a psychiatrist, of a behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.

  • Identifying as otherkin is not, by itself, mental illness.
  • Identifying as otherkin is not, by itself, unhealthy.
  • Identifying as otherkin is not, by itself, a delusion.

HOWEVER

  • A person who identifies as otherkin may also have an unrelated mental illness.
  • A person who identifies as otherkin and has a poor ability to function as a result, may be mentally ill.
  • Identifying as otherkin is not an excuse for bad or anti-social behavior.

FURTHER

  • It is not okay to bully and harass people who are mentally ill.
  • It is not the job of random Tumblr users to determine if someone is mentally ill or not.
  • The stigma that “mentally ill” people are “bad” or “crazy” is harmful and needs to end.

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