You're a very confusing person
apotheotic
joined 2 years ago
What the fuck are you talking about. I am born and bred South African.
You think that South Africa is magically the only country without gender based violence?
I feel called out and I don't know if I hate that I feel called out
What a joke! I'm glad they were eventually able to get the help they needed.
Fingers crossed the UK can beat our the most broken medical system in the world in this case :')
This is great advice, thank you. I can't just get a do-over with a new informant questionnaire, I have to start the process over.
Re: the professionals clocking the symptoms instantly, it has happened a few times for me too which is why I was so shocked to receive a negative diagnosis.
I'll keep your advice in mind, thank you again.
Thank you, it feels validating enough on its own that people have come in here and shared that they've lived through similar experiences of being (potentially) wrongfully undiagnosed, and to hear that others struggle with the fact that their family doesn't "get" their lived experience.
All the best to you
Nothing stops anyone from doing that - the fediverse does not claim to be a private platform and anything you post or interact with should be assumed to be public
I'll see if a psychiatrist is within reach for me, thanks for the advice
It's the UK, I'll look into other options, thank you
It does, for sure. Thanks goosegang.
(Context, my previous post: https://beehaw.org/post/25032411)
[Alt text for both pics: A selfie of a woman in a black off the shoulder dress and a black ribbon necklace]
Inspired by this post about Vampire The Masquerade
Context:
This was a home inspection by a landlord, pets are allowed but the field still exists, and I found this screencap absolutely hilarious
(Image description: A woman's hand holds a brown gift wrapped package with a picture attached by twine. The picture is of Boromir in the Lord of the Rings, saying "It is a gift".)
[alt text: a woman with long hair dyed in the colours of the transgender flag sips from a teacup with "gay" printed on the side. The top text reads "Oh you're transbian?" While the bottomt text reads "prove it (I'm a visual learner BTW)"]
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Oh the people in the picture are (as much as one can tell from a picture) pretty much exactly as you expect. Middle to upper middle class, right-of-center, almost certainly Afrikaans. Unfortunately as far my experience in SA (I left over a decade ago), the men that this kind of woman are likely to be with are also overwhelmingly what you'd expect from middle to upper class, quite right of centre men. Machismo, aggression, bro-code.
I can't speak to whether people outside these demographics are also arming themselves for this purpose, but the gender based violence in South Africa (at least 10+ years ago) is very real. From the bits I've caught from my friends back there, it has got worse wrt gender based violence.
I don't know if I've given you a satisfactory answer to what you'd like to know? My head's a bit foggy today. Feel free to poke me if I didn't address something you'd hoped I would