the day when people stop dehumanizing those with paraphilias or paraphilic disorders...

will be the day i tell my friends i have paraphilias. will be the day i wont be ashamed to tell a mental health professional because, even if i dont have paraphilic disorders, having the paraphilias i have makes me confused, disgusted, and unhappy

"why are you making this your whole personality?" because i dont want to hide this part of me from others. i dont want to surround myself with people who are "separate/callout first, ask questions later/never" (i see this a lot on twitter) and then be shocked by who/what i am. i want others to know that im an open-minded person, even about topics and interests that are weird, bizarre, taboo

i will never treat another person as if they are not human due to their abnormal mental health (in this context, its not about depression and others. im not saying that these are normal or not less serious. again, this is about paraphilias and paraphilic disorders). ill always read what a person has to say and ask questions, instead of ignoring and/or harassing

in the end, we really only have each other, strangers or not. compassion is easily forgotten

edit: made it coherent, deleted and added stuff, rewrote some sentences, and spelling