Self-diagnosers are at this point outweighing the opinion of formally diagnosed people in their own online spaces.

This has always bugged me. Always.

No, Ashleigh. You don’t get to self diagnose and you’re opinion isn’t valid BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT A PROFESSIONAL WHO SPENT YEARS TRAINING IN THE FIELD. I mean Jesus Christ, how insulting do these people want to be? The absolute nerve. It’s okay to have suspicions and to inform yourself on mental illness, but to actually diagnose yourself and then tell it like it’s the truth is just ridiculous.

People forget that psychiatrists/psychologists literally spend hours, months and years to educate themselves on mental disorders and how to diagnose people, but no, Ashleigh the fairycore e-girl is clearly the expert. Get effing real.

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