![]() ![]() ![]() Once they were primarily serious medical conditions, perhaps ones of which to be ashamed. In many online circles - particularly those frequented by young, white, middle-class women like me - certain diagnoses are treated like zodiac signs or Myers-Briggs types. ![]() In them, “neurodiversity advocates” encourage me to consider which of my personality quirks is instead a sign of mental illness or neurodiversity. Videos with titles like “ 6 Signs You May Have A.D.H.D.” and “ Signs That You Might Have O.C.D.” can rack up millions of views. or autism.Īnd yet, everywhere I look online, someone is trying to diagnose me with something, using “symptoms” unrelated to clinical diagnostic criteria. Few, if any, psychologists would say that a preference for natural lighting, doodling in class or even identifying as L.G.B.T.Q. ![]()
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