Thoughts about the mental health boom on social media
We might have all seen the videos or the tweets online. Someone talking about symptoms of their mental disability, and then it turns out to be autism, ADHD or any other developmental disability. There has been a lot of people speaking up about the topic and giving their two cents on it. Concidering that it's such a nuanced topic, I figured I'd write a blogpost about it, instead of a thread of tweets where people will ultimately misunderstand me anyway. Because of the relatability of these posts, a lot of people start self-diagnosing themselfs. Understandably so. However, the concern from the mental health community is that many neurotypical people will take this and make it seem like our struggles aren't that bad because they themselfs went through it and it wasn't "that bad." And honestly I can agree that to a degree this is not what we as a community would like to happen of course. I would hate to see people downplay that what has been basically ruining my e