Talking about mental disorders is important, but it can have this effect
Many people, due to videos that go viral on the internet, social networks, trends and hashtags, tend to fall into certain diagnoses.
While on the one hand talking about these mental disorders can be useful to alert people and push them to pay more attention to their mental health, on the other hand we risk thinking that everyone, or many people, have that condition.
For example, someone might think they have depression because they are sad, which is different from having the disorder. Or you think you have an anxiety disorder and only occasionally have difficulty dealing with everyday problems.
It is very important to be careful with this self-diagnosis story. There are a number of tests or surveys to aid in the diagnosis, so you need to pay close attention.
The diagnosis of a mental health disorder must be made by a mental health professional: a psychologist, a psychiatrist, that is, someone who will have a very accurate assessment of what is happening.
The risk of self-diagnosis is to trivialize situations that can be very complex, very serious and which could actually require the help of a professional.
If everyone thinks they have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and everyone is looking for a mental health professional, there will be no professional who can help those who actually face this difficulty.
Therefore, before you put the hammer down and rubber stamp your diagnosis, seek out a mental health professional.
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