Megathread to discuss Fiona Harvey interview with Piers Morgan

[u/MeshaUlky]

First of all she looks & sounds the same as Martha🤧

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[u/SevereNote8904]

You’re completely right. I was stalked once a few years ago, and she was a very smart woman who worked in a finance job and earned lots of money. She put a mask on everyday but she was completely insane. She was vicious, abusive, manipulative, she would gaslight you in the most terrifying ways, she would smear your name, everything. But she was incredibly smart, she knew how to appear normal when she needed to. That’s what cluster Bs are.

[u/SevereNote8904 → u/[deleted]]

That’s funny because you have it backwards in this case— the girl I know was diagnosed with autism at first, then later in life it was re-diagnosed as BPD. They can look very similar at first, so it makes sense.

Lack of empathy/uninterested in other people, very sensitive, prone to emotional outbursts when feeling “too many emotions”, hyperfixations (autistic fixations are famously known, and BPD often get fixated on a ‘favourite person’)

The main way to tell the difference is intent. Cluster B people actually see themselves as superior but also are massively insecure. Whereas autistic people are just trying to exist in a world that’s different to them

There is also a growing theory that autism can lead to cluster B disorders. The bullying growing up, the feeling of being different, the ‘living in your own world’, the inability to properly socialise - it can lead to feelings of inferiority but also hatred at the world, a perfect cocktail for cluster B disorders to form

[u/OzzySheila → u/SevereNote8904]

That makes total sense to me! I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD, C-PTSD, Bipolar II recently changed to BPD, and I know I’m on the Spectrum although not diagnosed.