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by PaulDavisThe1st 1523 days ago
No matter what one might think of Freddie deBoer, it is worth being aware of his own experience with psychosis. While this is not the same thing as DID, it did give him relatively deep personal insight into aspects of serious psychiatric disorder:

https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/since-you-asked

There re still plenty of people who have a severe distaste for his writing, his political views and his behavior, and I think that's fine. However I think it's unfair to claim that this article is "all based on an article or two he found."

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"I have ADHD so I'm an expert on autism."
"I have been treated for ADHD and as a result I understand some of the ways that a lot of psychiatric institutions fail patients with disorders such as ADHD, autism and others."

The article (despite the clickbait-y title) isn't really about the existence of DID.

Then it shouldn't have been couched in those terms for the first few paragraphs, and especially not by blithely staking such a claim.

Imagine being told your problems aren't real as a prelude to making a point. Just for clicks. Screw this guy.