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parpfish ◴[] No.44485690[source]
Decades ago in my first abnormal psych course, the prof warned us that there was an almost iron-clad law that students will immediately start self diagnosing themselves with “weak” versions of every disorder we learn about. In my years since then, it has absolutely held true and now is supercharged by a whole industry of TikTok self-diagnoses.

But there are a few things we can learn from this:

- if you give people the chance to place a label on themselves that makes them feel unique, they’ll take it.

- if you give people the chance to place a label on themselves to give a name/form to a problem, they’ll take it.

- most mental disorders are an issue of degree and not something qualitatively different from a typical experience. People should use this to gain greater empathy for those who struggle.

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zug_zug ◴[] No.44485765[source]
It's interesting because there are two diametrically opposed ways to interpret what you said

One is - everybody thinks they have disorders, so just ignore that feeling it'll mess with you.

The other is - everybody thinks they have minor version of disorders, because we all do, we live on continuums, and therefore we should probably all think about it more

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rf15 ◴[] No.44486037[source]
there's a third: everyone wants to feel special and also takes any excuse to not have to work on their flawed habits
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Mtinie ◴[] No.44486187[source]
Alternatively, society is broken.
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1. nradov ◴[] No.44487934[source]
Every society has always been broken and always will be broken in certain ways. For most people, recognizing that isn't actionable. But they can change themselves.