It’s a mental health awareness term for people who encourage others to recover while also giving them space to choose not to — and offering support through it instead of eradicating their human rights. The focus shifts from isolating, stigmatizing and shaming individuals for their self-destructive behavior to harm reduction through acceptance.
Someone who uses that label instead of the old “pro-recovery” one recognizes all people deserve to recover, while also admitting that forcing them into it could have massive repercussions on their psyche (specially given the state of the current mental healthcare system, as it doesn’t have that many resources and forced recovery on its own is not only traumatic but also moralizes poor mental health as immoral and reinforces systemic ableism).
It’s about allowing people to feel their own feelings without immediately pushing them to do better — because a lot of the times, that’s the best they can do.
Getting better is a choice. Not a requirement.
TL;DR Movement that defends the idea that people deserve human rights despite wanting to recover or not as well as the autonomy to choose between the two.
Someone who uses that label instead of the old “pro-recovery” one recognizes all people deserve to recover, while also admitting that forcing them into it could have massive repercussions on their psyche (specially given the state of the current mental healthcare system, as it doesn’t have that many resources and forced recovery on its own is not only traumatic but also moralizes poor mental health as immoral and reinforces systemic ableism).
It’s about allowing people to feel their own feelings without immediately pushing them to do better — because a lot of the times, that’s the best they can do.
Getting better is a choice. Not a requirement.
TL;DR Movement that defends the idea that people deserve human rights despite wanting to recover or not as well as the autonomy to choose between the two.
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One is C.C. but his real name is Evan not Chris it was a fan named by a fan.
Elizabeth was the youngest child and died by Circus baby aka a killing machine by her father William
William is a murderer and killed those kids named Gabriel as FReddy, Jeremy as Bonnie, Susie as Chica, Fritz as Foxy, Charlie as Puppet aka marionette and Cassidy is a boy with a little girl's voice, he is a younger brother of Gabriel.
Ms. Afton we all don't know her name so She is called Ms. Afton.
Micheal killed C.C. on accident on his 10th birthday, he died by his sister Elizabeth
One is C.C. but his real name is Evan not Chris it was a fan named by a fan.
Elizabeth was the youngest child and died by Circus baby aka a killing machine by her father William
William is a murderer and killed those kids named Gabriel as FReddy, Jeremy as Bonnie, Susie as Chica, Fritz as Foxy, Charlie as Puppet aka marionette and Cassidy is a boy with a little girl's voice, he is a younger brother of Gabriel.
Ms. Afton we all don't know her name so She is called Ms. Afton.
Micheal killed C.C. on accident on his 10th birthday, he died by his sister Elizabeth
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Guy 2) What the fuck are you on??? Wood River is llike 3 seconds away dumb ass!!!
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Guy 2) What the fuck are you on??? Wood River is llike 3 seconds away dumb ass!!!
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1. Having self-government to create own concepts.
2. Pronounce – Autonoma -shary
From: Auto - self, autonomos - having own independence or laws, Ideas etc.
1. Having self-government to create own concepts.
2. Pronounce – Autonoma -shary
From: Auto - self, autonomos - having own independence or laws, Ideas etc.
"Today a friend of mines was acting so Ryntiablistic, I had to tell her to calm down your too hype, so I figured a made up a new word in that argument so I added it to my Autonomatiary
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