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By the way. Before you rush to get a professional diagnosis for a Brain Thing you should really weigh your options. Like do you just want to “prove it” or will this actually give you access to treatment you can’t have otherwise? Are the treatment options available worth having the government know you’re neurodivergent? Because sometimes it’s better to keep things off the record because unfortunately we still live in a very deeply ableist society and you might not want to have more real material oppression stacked against you than you have to
Idk I see a lot of people seeking diagnoses just for, like, validation??? You do not have to do that. I cannot stress enough how much you don’t have to do that. If people give you a hard time about being self diagnosed you can just tell them to eat shit. Better yet, you don’t have to disclose your diagnostic status in the first place! Your medical history isn’t anyone’s business and I wholeheartedly support lying to doctors. Be free. You are allowed to control the information you share with people even (or especially!) if they’re in a position of power
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