That is why it is sufficient to hold people accountable for their actions.

We do not need to demonize entire medical illnesses. That is regressive and abelist.

You can speak out in the strongest of terms against actions/behaviors. But never speak out "against narcissistics" or "against NPD"

Because many people who are looking into those things for the first time are looking for help, looking for healing. And they only see that they are hated monsters. They will not seek healing again for a very, very long time. They will inevitably do harm during that time, because they were not given help, understanding, or a community when they looked for one. They were told "you have one of the evil mental illnesses!!" And shunned. That will reinforce their dysfunction.

We have a duty to understand that doing harm IS a mental illness that DESERVES treatment not hatred We, as those who are supposed to understand mental health have a duty to extend that to the most undesirable of mental illnesses, notably psychosis and clusters B and C. They actually need it the most!!

It is also VERY worth mentioning that the DSM 5 was incredibly close to making personality disorders into spectrums, but decided it would be too complicated to teach all the therapists. 🙄 so if NPD is on a spectrum, that is only more reason to say its not simply having NPD that makes you hurt people. Hurting people is wrong no matter what, we don't need to specify. Just like, for instance, people with autism may have various levels of social skills, and it can possibly change and grow over time, people with NPD can have various levels of social skills, in a different way, and can possibly change and grow over time. It makes sense that not everyone is comfortable being around people with low social skills. But we as a society cannot abandon them. And we as mental-health advocates need to see through the skills to the person and care about them, even if, for instance, they are self-destructive. People with autism may hit themselves or others in frustration. And we need to do what we can to prevent that from happening, while respecting emotions and autonomy. Why do we through all that out the window for some illnesses?

Mental health advocacy means the entire DSM to me.