Note: This info section will be expanded in future to include much more information. This is simply the bare basics.
MUD is a label used to describe any disorder that isn't currently recognised by the medical community at large. The concept was first discussed by shroombunz in their coining of Esuriens Syndrome, then later given an official coining post by me. The opposite to MUD is MRD(medically recognised disorders). The first flag was made by me, the 2nd and 3rd were made by @averys-radqueer-junkyard here:https://archive.ph/8YIGL
MUDs can be mostly split up into 5 main subcatergorys which I will outline below.
Coined disorders are disorder coined by those in the MUD community, most often to describe their own expriences. CDs collect together related disordered expriences and give them a name and with it, the potenial to build a community. CDs are the biggest part of the MUD community and what most people are talking about when they refer to MUDs.
Disordered identities are when one considers their identity disordered. This could be because that identity is tied to trauma or an existing disorder, the identity brings them dysphoria/distress, as a method of reclamanation, etc. Someone having a DI does not indicate that they think everyone with that identity is inherently disordered.
P-MRD refers to any disorder that is recognised partially. For example, maladaptive daydreaming is a P-MRD as they have been studies done and a proposed critera written up, all by medical professionals. Due to them being partially recognised, MUD is an opt-in label for those with P-MRDs.
F-MRD refers to any disorder that used to be medically recognised but no longer is. Many disorders have been disavowed by the medical community, often for good reason, but this does not mean that no one will ever feel described by them. Having a F-MRD does not inherently mean you think that disorder should be recognised again.
Xenomalady refers to a fictional disability/disorder/disease that cannot exist in this world. An example of this is hanahaki disease, a disease which can occur in those with unrequited love causing then to cough up flower petals.
Xenomalady is a shared term with the transabled most often used in a transid sense, someone who identifies as having a xenomalady even though they do not bodily have the symptoms. There is some who consider themselves cisxenomalady though. This might be because they exprience it in headspace, they had it in a past life, they have a delusion of currently having it, they are a reality shifter who has it in their DR, etc.
This will depend on the coiner but most often to describe their own disordered expriences. A disordered exprience is any exprience that cause distress or dysfunction outside of healthy reactions (it is healthy to react with distress to certian things e.g the death of a loved one). Putting a name to one's expriences enables one to look at them more closely, learn what may of caused them, learn how to cope with them and connect with a community of others like them. One of the main points of MUDs is to build communities and to recognise ones own expriences.
No, MUDs are a term, terms do not have opnions. I can only speak for myself, I am pro recovery-choice meaning I support people being able to choose whether they want to "recover" or not and how they want to do so. I do want to recover from some of my MUDs, though not all, and the MUD community has helped me do so. Being able to explain and explore my symptoms has greatly helped me. This is not metioning that some can't recover for whatever reason.
Yes. Although I've seen a lot more mental CDs than physical CDs, a CD can be either, both or neither.
Yes.
This will depend on the individual. I personally feel that the medical community should recognise the right of people to use their own terms to describe their own exprience. I am pro reformation of the medical system so to me medical recognition looks very different than just each MUD being added to the DSM.
If they feel disabled by their MUDs, sure. A lot of those with MUDs also have MRDs that might cause them to be disabled as well.