Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13
arrow-up1171arrow-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 · 22 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·22 hours agoBut would medical professionals accept your claim to get the support they require?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·22 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-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours ago“I think he called you a trains gender. Are you related to Thomas the Train?”
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-222 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?!”
“I think he called you a trains gender. Are you related to Thomas the Train?”
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.