curious about ppl who play gatekeeper around diagnoses (ADHD, ASD, OCD, etc.) it seems like self-isolation bc it’s not usually something I see in the context of actually managing a boundary around a group/community so much as individual identities maybe it’s a validation thing?
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like this “don’t say you’re depressed if you’re really just sad” or “don’t say you have ADHD if you’re really just procrastinating” seems to amount to an assertion that ppl shouldn’t claim their problems are as real as yours unless they have a Dr’s note “I’m valid, you’re bad”
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Speculatively, I wonder if it's scarcity mindset. "It's OK for me to ask for special treatment because my problems are rare and unique, and if too many people also need the same treatment then it will no longer be possible to offer it".
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Don't think that's true - if anything the opposite is more likely - but I bet people think that way.
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Yeah that sounds true for the people self diagnosing. And people gatekeep others from diagnosis because “you’re devaluing the term for someone who has it worse than you” I think really people just want to be understood and get help w whatever they struggle with.
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It is a bit silly that people keep their room clean and then say “lol so OCD haha” when there are people who are compelled against their own will to repeatedly wash their hands, even after their skin has been rubbed raw and bleeding. But it’s all spectrums and fuzzy language so
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Yeah, there are a few things which are just really badly understood and "self-diagnosing" there will often make the cultural understanding of them worse rather than better. (That being said, I do know someone who has self-diagnosed OCD and also very obviously genuinely has OCD)
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But honestly most people I know who have done some sort of self diagnosis seem to understand their condition better than most medical professionals understand it.
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