James Finn
1 min readDec 16, 2019

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Yes, I get so tired, for example, reading laypeople characterize others as having narcissistic personality disordered, just to cite one pet peeve. Trends like this, where words like narcissist become popular bêtes noires, stigmatize mental illness and trivialize the challenges and obstacles faced by people with mental illness, including by that very small percentage of people who actually do suffer from narcissistic personality disorder.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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