Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoIf I had a time machine I would go back in time and give all my friends their mental health diagnosis before they had to live through the really tough parts.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareIf I had a time machine I would go back in time and give all my friends their mental health diagnosis before they had to live through the really tough parts.Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 hours agoBut would medical professionals accept your claim to get the support they require?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 hours agoMe: “Just FYI, you’ve got undiagnosed ADHD.” Friend 1: “Wow, what can I do about this?” Me: “You’re too poor to access mental health care, and most professionals haven’t accepted this as a diagnosis for your racial/gender cohort. So, unfortunately, there’s nothing to be done.” Friend 2: “What about me?” Me: “You’re transgender.” Friend 2: “What the fuck did you just call me?!”
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 hours agoIm just talking about the people I know now where they are a lot more comfortable with themselves because they contextualize what happened to them.
But would medical professionals accept your claim to get the support they require?
Me: “Just FYI, you’ve got undiagnosed ADHD.”
Friend 1: “Wow, what can I do about this?”
Me: “You’re too poor to access mental health care, and most professionals haven’t accepted this as a diagnosis for your racial/gender cohort. So, unfortunately, there’s nothing to be done.”
Friend 2: “What about me?”
Me: “You’re transgender.”
Friend 2: “What the fuck did you just call me?!”
Im just talking about the people I know now where they are a lot more comfortable with themselves because they contextualize what happened to them.