Hey. I’m May and I’m an 18-year-old, queer brit who always has far too much to say. I’m ?? definitely not used to Tumblr, but I've always thought about starting up a blog + figured this’d be ideal.
I'll be using this space as an outlet for writing, vents, general thoughts and perhaps useful info, so I think it’s important to mention that I just won’t tolerate any type of hatred on my account. So, pls do take your bigotry (and remotely anything else that falls under that category), elsewhere.
Can’t guarantee this blog won’t be an absolute mess (thank my info-dumps, random anecdotes and rambles about hyperfixations for that) buttt maybe consider a follow if you think drabbles about my personal interests, mental health and queerness + identity in general will either be entertaining, or at least of some use to you. ‘Just trying to find and express myself, and I’d love to meet some mutuals here whilst doing so, like-minded or not <3
» Just because a licensed doctor hasn’t made it official, it doesn’t mean what you’re experiencing isn’t REAL.
» People are allowed to THINK they have a mental illness, without an official medical diagnosis.
Yes, there are unfortunately people who self-diagnose for attention and fun. The ones who take online tests and diagnose themselves based solely on that. The ones who claim to have a certain disorder or mental illness and then proceed to run with it, without so much as thinking about seeking further help. The ones treating mental illness like a trend, purposefully acting on the misinformation commonly shown on social media.
Those are the people who fail to realise just how damaging they are to individuals truly struggling, by creating people who LOVE to categorise the group mentioned prior with those who are doing the complete opposite.
-Those of us doing our endless and extensive research from credible sources.
-Those of us in the extremely lengthy process of self discovery, trying to use self dx as a starting point.
-Those of us who understand just what self-diagnosis actually is and are aware we do not know every single subtlety that the diagnosis we're looking for consists of.
-Those of us aware we could very well get a diagnosis that disproves what we have at a later point.
(Albeit It’s the same for those who can’t seek treatment or obtain a formal diagnosis at all, for reasons like lack of finances and insurance, or merely due to the fact that they’re an oppressed minority- immediately bashed, and for what?)
Self dx is very literally a step towards treating yourself and getting further help effectively and efficiently. It is okay to use self dx as a basis in order to gauge if you need specialist help.
People looking for answers are already people in vulnerable situations or circumstances, and often want nothing more than a sense of community and belonging amongst a shitload of uncertainty. Which is exactly what makes it so saddening that the same people are denied that and are made to feel incredibly lonely, or even fear talking to/interacting with other neurodivergent people etc in fear of being SHUNNED, IGNORED and INVALIDATED.
Point is that people need to stop assuming they know strangers on the internet better than they know themselves and drop their preconceptions when they hear the words ‘self-diagnosed.’ :))
