The motive is to suppress the ongoing movement about narcissistic abuse, the spreading of awareness. Almost everyone knows the word “narcissist” in some way in the present times—and that’s what they don’t want to happen. “You know who they are”—I wouldn’t be able to talk more about it. It’s applicable to all other things too: labeling normal human tendencies and the human condition in general as a disorder has been a trend.
If you do a little research and understand the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, you’ll understand that things that used to be classified as disorders—let’s say 10 or 20 years ago—aren’t disorders anymore.
For example: autism spectrum. Earlier, it was seen as a mental illness. Now it’s considered neurodivergence—a different way of being, a different way of perceiving the world and interacting with it.
The same applies to demon face syndrome. It’s not a mental illness—it’s a real phenomenon. Instead of doing more research and understanding the nuances, these people decided, “Okay, now we’re going to label it as a problem,” and re-victimize these patients.
This may surprise you, but in clinical settings, a lot of survivors of narcissistic abuse get misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Why? Because they’re extremely sensitive to abandonment. They’re emotionally dysregulated. They’re confused. Some patterns don’t make sense to the clinician—so what do they do? They attach a label. And the most accurate label in their opinion is BPD.
Having said that, one positive thing can come out of this “demon face syndrome” thing: the ultimate validation. I know—it’s twisted—but at least they validate it in some way. Yes—you can see those black, shark-like eyes. Yes, you can see “reptilian” people. Yes, there is something like that. They may not acknowledge it as real, but they’re acknowledging that people can sometimes see beyond the physical form of the person they’re dealing with.
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