I've seen people say "if you are so sure about your self diagnosis, just go diagnose"
And no!? Have you seen how much does it cost?
Adhd cost at my country at least 1500 reais (Brazilian coin) to diagnose!
The minimum wage is 1.302 reais.
You would need two minimum wages to get the price right and then there are the race and gender and age bias.
Nobody unless you're a white 4 year old boy can be diagnosed with autism, and anyone else that thinks they are autistic is just a little quirky or strange.
I hate this culture of "If cant get a real diagnosis, ypu are just lying and faking for clout".
And no! It just that mental health care is so expensive and the diagnosis might actually be misdiagnosed because the therapist is biased because "you dont look autistic" or "you have good grades on school" or "stop that you're a man!" And whatever the shit.
The bottomline is that diagnosis is a privilege, when it should be a right.
It should be a right to be diagnosed with something or nothing. Know what is with you to properly understand your mind and body.
The first guy who was diagnosed with autism is still alive. The first autism diagnosis came after two decades of the concept being. The concept of mental health being necessary for a good life is pretty new. And its still seen in
We need to stop thinking that people that self diagnoses are just faking for attention because yeah they want attention, but the attention for their untreated mental health problems. They want to know if there is something different with them and thats great! Unless they do not have the money to diagnose, then they are lying /j
Idk what else to say but, dont think that just because you diagnosed, it means that everybody can and that they would have as much compassion put in their diagnosis than in yours.
