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> There are people who self-assign those labels in spite of not actually having been diagnosed with any condition so what? >The fact that using these labels i

> There are people who self-assign those labels in spite of not actually having been diagnosed with any condition so what? >The fact that using these labels is not necessarily correlated with actually having the conditions is the key aspect. fact according to who? the evidence in this article is weak. and even if you assume it is actually true, what is the actual problem here? you cannot simultaneously proclaim that self diagnosis is invalid while proclaiming that the same DSM professionals use to make diagnoses is invalid, without doing a lot of explaining and gap-filling. It is one or the other.

chipdart 2y ago
> so what? So that's exactly the whole point of this discussion: turning psychiatric labels into identities. > fact according to who? According to the fact that people do self-portray and self-identify as labels in spite of not even subjecting themselves to a diagnose or even actually any condition. To deny this fact you need to deny things like for example Munchausen syndrome or even hypochondria.
- JohnMakin 2y ago
  > So that's exactly the whole point of this discussion: turning psychiatric labels into identities. So, I still have the question - what is your problem with this? I guess I don't really have anything else to say without violating site rules other than you are the exact reason mental illness stigma exists to the degree it does today.