I Just Wish It Was Easier. Like. In General

Who up wanting to slam their head through the wall

i really do go insane three to four times a day

why must i be so hard to be around?

can someone hold my hand and tell me it’ll all be okay please

babe you haven't stalked my blog in a while do you not like me anymore?

i agree with this!!

i do think self dx should come with good reliable research as well

it's important to do your research on the dx before assuming you have it

guys, can we stop pretending that being wrong about a self dx is the end of the world

worse case scenario, youre back at square one with figuring out exactly whats going on and you dont have any other leads or explanations to why you behave certain ways or why things in your life go the way they do

its actually far more harmful for a doctor to be wrong about a professional diagnosis (which they pretty often can be in the abnormal psych area). a doctor misdiagnosing you can lead to you being put on medications you dont need that could end up making things worse. in some cases, this can be life threatening. it happened to our moms boyfriend when he was little. he was given an adhd diagnosis and was put on adhd meds he didnt need when he was actually bipolar. and yes, it did end up doing more harm than good. at some point he just lied to his mom about taking them and then showed her all the pills he hadnt been taking when he was doing better because he wasnt taking the meds that were supposed to solve his problems. he got rediagnosed after that and everything was good, but it still doesnt change the fact that a professional misdiagnoses can be really harmful

self dx literally doesnt do any harm to anyone. as long as the person in question did their research, who are we to dictate what they can/cant suspect about themselves and their experiences?

i feel like “sometimes your self diagnosis can be wrong/disproven by a professional” and “nobody knows what goes on in your mind better than you” are sentences that can and should coexist

ive seen tons of passive aggressive posts on here saying “if your psychologist “refuses” to diagnose you with something you probably dont have it (: hope this helps (:” when thats a horrible thing to try to push without lots of nuance

minorities tend to get misdiagnosed a lot - afabs, poc, queer people, all of which ive seen have serious conditions like schizophrenia/DID/other personality disorders be brushed off as the modern day hysterical (usually just “youre bipolar, get medicated and get out of my office”). not to mention for more stigmatized disorders like cluster b disorders are insanely difficult to get diagnosed if you dont fit a very specific checklist (when doing research into npd, 99% of the articles are just “people with npd are inherently abusive and will imminently manipulate their loved ones when their feelings are hurt so beeee carefulllll!!!”)

things like DID are also under researched and theres even psychologists that think it doesnt even exist or that you have to fit one mold to count as an actual system and if you slip up once and break that mold you’re probably faking or misdiagnosing yourself.

being told “haha your therapist is omnipotent and their word is law” in our experience (with many disorders and vulnerability problems to put it lightly) can be incredibly damaging, especially to people who are trying to shine light and find communities to discuss what theyre being troubled with. yes, your symptoms arent going to magically disappear because a person with a doctorate said they dont exist, but (again, from experience) you can either consciously or subconsciously smother those symptoms because “my therapist obviously knows best and im definitely faking which makes me a horrible person”

idk it just feels shitty to say “this person you barely know outside of telling them what youre struggling with is the deciding factor and their word is LAW in your life”

my emotional support self neglect

sorry if i was weird last night it’s just that i’m weird pretty much every night actually