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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-11-03 06:27 pm

[ SECRET POST #3592 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3592 ⌋

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Re: Self diagnosed mental issues

(Anonymous) 2016-11-04 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Using the label online is a lot more convenient than being tagged with it in real life. You can ditch the online label just as you can ditch a username, persona, whatever. It's cherrypicking the advantages the label can give you while avoiding any of the actual burden.

If your friend actually went to a doctor for a real diagnosis, that opens her up to a great deal of uncertainty. What if she doesn't meet that diagnostic standard for autism, for example? What if it turns out she's wrong and it's something else? The more entrenched she becomes in being an autism advocate, the less likely she's going to want to do anything that risks that identity. It might be bullshit, it might not be... but she's got too much at stake to find out for sure.