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Yeah, maybe. It's actually really intimidating to be jumped on for expressing an opinion that goes against that crowd. And I don't mean trolling.
I'm sure I've contravened all the guidelines set out by Mind when talking about my own experiences!
I suppose I'm lucky to be able to see the absurdities and dark humour in my diagnoses, most of the time, so am not going to fall to pieces if someone unintentionally says something insensitive (growing up veggie then vegan in an Australian family was bad enough).
Being precious about terminology, so for example, claiming to have been "portrayed as 'subjects' rather than 'people'" in (what was trying to be) a science programme, only makes people tread on eggshells even more. That's my view anyway.
Miss_Mouse
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The most likely cause of angry reactions on Twitter is the huge amount of group-thinking cocks who form lynch mobs as soon as anybody gives them an excuse.