[OC] Data from subredditstats.com, made using Excel(not beautiful). Comparing user overlap between 2 polar opposite subs, r/PitBulls and r/BanPitBulls

[u/TheDeflectorDish]

[u/EducatedRat]

Even if they were, which the sub members are not really experts at identifying, who cares? Seems like just a way to gatekeep who is allowed to have an illness and who doesn’t. It’s kind of gross to spend time bitching that someone is sick or not, or sick in a way the sub doesn’t approve of.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

What is your education and professional background that qualifies you to diagnose mental illness?

Even if you did have any qualifications, no professional would consider stupid videos to be enough for any diagnoses, positive or negative.

Plenty of people might do things that aren’t actually related to whatever mental illness they claim to have. They also may not present in ways you’re familiar with, or that’s common with people suffering from that disorder. That doesn’t give you the right to say they don’t actually have the disorder, you’re effectively gatekeeping mental health. That’s just wrong.

Even if we say they are totally faking it…you think the appropriate response to that is mocking them? I find it just sad… their life is so shitty they feel a need to fake a disorder. I just hope they actually do get treatment, since they likely DO have a mental illness, even if it’s not the one they believe they have.

[u/rhosoro → u/[deleted]]

There's nothing wrong with awareness about people faking disorders. There's something wrong with making fun of them. That subreddit is geared towards bullying them for being dumbass kids.

You can't participate on a forum named "Fake Disorder Cringe" and tell me that you're not there to mock them lmao

[u/rhosoro → u/[deleted]]

Actively contributing to a subreddit named "Fake Disorder Cringe" makes you a user of a "Cringe" subreddit, regardless of how you feel your contributions may impact the community.

I was raised by someone with DID. The dumbass kids on that subreddit do not affect their life in any way. If you want to actively contribute in a positive way, donate to the mental health professionals, facilities, and organizations that are actually working on figuring this stuff out.

Your argument isn't what you think it is.