Hey, I’d just like to add a link to a really insightful and informative piece written by someone who both personally and professionally understands psychosis, which hopefully will help explain why some parts of this post don’t sit well with some of us who experience being untethered to reality on a regular basis. (:

So @hussyknee tagged me in on responding to this reblog because I happen to also have a degree in psychology - a terminal one, in fact, I got my PhD a couple of years ago.

I generally do agree with the OP of the post linked above. The grand old Tumblr tradition of internet peer pressure for a "good cause" can be immensely and horrendously damaging to people who are mentally ill and traumatised. It is genuinely imperative to extend all possible grace to other people on this clownsite. Because most of us are at least a little bit fucked up and the impact we can have is often disproportionate to the actual words we say on here.

It is my understanding that the "tag as unreality" request comes directly from people who have psychosis who have been triggered and distressed by the Goncharovia that has taken hold of Tumblr. When people who suffer from a debilitating and immensely distressing psychiatric disorder ask to be accommodated, it is deeply unkind to refuse to do it. I generally don't tag my posts and I have zero interest in Goncharovia so I haven't needed to think about the tagging, but if I did reblog something I would, because it's just the kind thing to do.

It is also deeply unkind to harass folks who have not tagged their posts as the Great Tumblr Consensus has decreed they must, for whatever reason. At most drop people a kind reminder, and then let them be. You do not need to amplify them or get on their case or tell the entire internet they are an ableist asshole - which they probably aren't! most people are ableist out of ignorance/lack of critical reflection! - because they didn't use the specific tag you saw someone else whose post they may not have even seen request.

And with all due respect to the OP's education and lived experience - their experiences and their understanding of their disorder do not negate the needs and requests of other people who also have the same disorder. They make some very valid points, and tagging or not tagging is an individual choice, but let's not dismiss other people's needs because their requests for accomodation do not fit with our own experience or understanding.

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Hey, just in case people who already have been having a bad time with this meme are retriggered by Francesca Scorcese's TikTok – Goncharov is fake. Martin Scorsese's daughter is real, and that's her real TikTok account, and presumably that is really her father. But Martin is just being a good sport by rolling with it and admitting he made it. The link Francesca sent him is the NYT article clearly saying it's a fake movie.

PLEASE reblog this and DO NOT TAG IT UNREALITY. "Unreality" is for posts that are keeping up the bit, but info posts, reality-affirming posts and ones talking about the meme as a meme are solidly real. We really haven't been doing a good enough job tagging this properly and protecting neurodivergent people from being gaslit and traumatized. I've seen way too many people saying they nearly had a breakdown because of being lied to. We never meant to hurt you, and I'm so sorry people were jackasses when you wanted to know the truth.

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No, I mean that people are having trouble figuring out what is real and what is fake. Even I didn't know Francesca existed, or that she was 23 and had a TikTok until people started floating the possibility of her seeing the meme. There are people in the gonchposts who didn't even know who Martin Scorsese is. If I had seen that TikTok with no context, I would have thought it was just more fake stuff, and then gotten confused when people insisted it was real. Seeing Martin Scorsese himself play along confirming he made the movie would play hell with a psychotic person's paranoia. So I'm explaining which part is real and which isn't. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.

Original post edited to read: "That is really Martin Scorsese's daughter, that's her real TikTok account, and presumably that is really her father in the chat screenshot she posted. Francesca saw the piece in the NY Times talking about how Tumblr made up a fake movie, sent her Dad the link and asked "Did you see this?" Martin joked back "yes I made that movie years ago." That's all it was, Martin Scorsese himself playing along with our silliness."

Hey, just in case people who already have been having a bad time with this meme are retriggered by Francesca Scorcese's TikTok – Goncharov is fake. Martin Scorsese's daughter is real, and that's her real TikTok account, and presumably that is really her father. But Martin is just being a good sport by rolling with it and admitting he made it. The link Francesca sent him is the NYT article clearly saying it's a fake movie.

PLEASE reblog this and DO NOT TAG IT UNREALITY. "Unreality" is for posts that are keeping up the bit, but info posts, reality-affirming posts and ones talking about the meme as a meme are solidly real. We really haven't been doing a good enough job tagging this properly and protecting neurodivergent people from being gaslit and traumatized. I've seen way too many people saying they nearly had a breakdown because of being lied to. We never meant to hurt you, and I'm so sorry people were jackasses when you wanted to know the truth.

Maybe "Real meme fake movie" for the TikTok?

Yes that also works. "meme is real movie is fake" sounds clearer. But maybe also tag "unreality" for the people who have it blacklisted.

Basically "there's something everyone sees that you are missing and it never quite makes sense and everyone assumes you know and it feels like you've slipped into a slightly different reality" is what paranoia can feel like.

Our brains gaslight us, and we already don't trust our memory and our perception. So we have to rely on the actions of others to tell what's normal and what's real, so if everyone around is saying X Happened but I don't remember it, why don't I remember it, can I trust any of my perceptions ???

And it all kinda spirals from there. A lot of these things - especially for me - is about a fixation on Figuring Out if Something is Real. And if my logic is telling me that it isn't, but everyone around me says it is and it's weird I don't think so, well. That can be upsetting, to say the least

Thank you for explaining that. I wasn't sure how to word that aspect of it. I appreciate it!

why are psychotic ppl always the butt of jokes lmfao like i know why (its ableism) but seriously its not only annoying but also harmful to constantly see ppl who have “odd beliefs” or who “talk to inanimate objects” or smth as the weirdos who in the end somehow get “fixed” and end up “normal” and completely got “rid” of their quirks that were very clearly meant to represent psychosis even if no one ever said the word psychotic, or as the people who only get befriended out of pity and behind their back theyre still the butt of jokes even by their friends! were real people and yes were not neurotypical but we dont deserve to be made fun of for smth that we cant control! psychosis isnt funny n its not smth that can be “fixed” by simply realising “oh im odd i should probably be ‘normal’”, its a mental illness n yall preach acceptance of mental illnesses but as soon as someone starts to show psychosis symptoms (which half of yall dont even recognise) theyre suddenly “weird” and “creepy” and “need to get their sh*t together” n dont get accepted at all! its transparent af and yall need to step up in your acceptance n support

nonpsychotic ppl can boost this

There’s been a lot of discourse on “But you don’t LOOK mentally ill. I think you’re faking!”, “But I’m mentally ill, I’m allowed to treat my partner poorly sometimes!!”, and “Why are people mad about _inputArtist_ making stories about mental illness and tragedy?! Is nobody allowed to talk about those things anymore?!”

and I just wanted to draw out my opinions on the different issues, because it’s more fun to draw comics than make text posts