> The people in the communities believe in a moral right to having self-diagnosis believed. Having a diagnosis is almost considered a form of privilege reserved for wealthy white males, an observation rooted in scientific evidence of systemic under diagnosis for minorities and women.
This, in and of itself, would seem to warrant some sort of mental illness. Victim complex, perhaps?
I had interpreted this trend as something different. Kids wanting to be outliers because being an outlier is cool. Claiming some, realistically debilitating, mental illness makes you special (at least in the "different" sense). This gives lonely teenagers a sense of belonging and something that differentiates them. Most of them could probably be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder but I am not doctor. I suppose this isn't new. When I was a kid the kid in class that showed up with a cast was pretty cool for the time they had the cast. Everyone loves an outlier.
As someone who has struggled with a mild-to-medium form of ADHD, only getting a formal diagnosis late in life, I am baffled anyone would want to pretend to have a mental illness. Yet, here we are.
This, in and of itself, would seem to warrant some sort of mental illness. Victim complex, perhaps?
I had interpreted this trend as something different. Kids wanting to be outliers because being an outlier is cool. Claiming some, realistically debilitating, mental illness makes you special (at least in the "different" sense). This gives lonely teenagers a sense of belonging and something that differentiates them. Most of them could probably be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder but I am not doctor. I suppose this isn't new. When I was a kid the kid in class that showed up with a cast was pretty cool for the time they had the cast. Everyone loves an outlier.
As someone who has struggled with a mild-to-medium form of ADHD, only getting a formal diagnosis late in life, I am baffled anyone would want to pretend to have a mental illness. Yet, here we are.