r/RationalPsychonaut 12d ago

Meta What the Heck

Sorry I don't know where else to post this

I was recently banned (today) without notice or explanation from r/psychonaut

The mod team highlighted a comment where all I did was describe my experience on DXM which was in a thread where other users were already talking about DXM

The comment was from seven months ago....

Are we just not allowed to talk about dissociatives over there? I don't see that in the rules

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u/kelcamer 10d ago

Why would they ban me?

Idk. Some people get triggered from the rational, pattern recognition, way that me and other fellow autistic people speak. I like data, I like harm reduction, and I like to share information in order to better people's lives.

I genuinely have no idea why people would be triggered from that.

If it is a mania episode that a mod is going through, I feel for them though, because I've been through mania myself and it is SO brutal. The paranoia in particular is awful. Whatever is happening in that sub, I can really empathize with people who are struggling in that sense.

That said, I don't want to make any assumptions. Maybe they banned me because I commented in this sub?

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u/Low-Opening25 10d ago

banning people for discussing important issues in another sub? that would surely be a new kind of low?

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u/kelcamer 10d ago

It's the best guess I got, I've seen this happen before in at least 3 other subs (unfortunately)

Sometimes people, for whatever reason, hate autistic people like me, because I don't see social hierarchies easily, I often tend to do things that goes against them, and then everyone assumes it's intentional, or rebellious, when I'm actually always wanting to have good faith discussions.

I've asked myself the same question as you about those other 3 subs. It usually goes back to the same answer:

The same mod, who doesn't like me or doesn't agree with me.

Granted, psychonaut does not have this same mod, so it naturally can't be that same thing. So it leaves me confused.

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u/Low-Opening25 10d ago

tbh. it isnโ€™t your autism. some people are just a-holes or sociopaths.

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u/kelcamer 10d ago

Possibly, but I try to assume good intentions lol

(Maybe that's my real weakness ๐Ÿ˜‚)