![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
After some thought, I have decided to make this post public. This is only my opinion on the matter, as a single person with PTSD. I realise that others might not feel the same way; but this is how I feel about it:
***
Someone essentially said the other day; 'I look at traits in other people's disorders based on what they write / say and from there diagnose myself / identify with those disorders and tell other people that I have the disorder, or have something like the disorder; is that wrong?'
I don't know about 'wrong' all the time, but I certainly think it's harmful, and I certainly find it personally offensive. It's not an uncommon attitude, and I've encountered it before, both online and off (though way more often online). So I've decided to write about why I don't like it, personally (hey, you might have a mental illness yourself and love people who do this, it could happen).
( an expansion on the subject. )
*
(Comments screened, because I don't have the right brainspace for public comments; however I may unscreen comments down the track. Let me know if you're okay with this).
***
Someone essentially said the other day; 'I look at traits in other people's disorders based on what they write / say and from there diagnose myself / identify with those disorders and tell other people that I have the disorder, or have something like the disorder; is that wrong?'
I don't know about 'wrong' all the time, but I certainly think it's harmful, and I certainly find it personally offensive. It's not an uncommon attitude, and I've encountered it before, both online and off (though way more often online). So I've decided to write about why I don't like it, personally (hey, you might have a mental illness yourself and love people who do this, it could happen).
( an expansion on the subject. )
*
(Comments screened, because I don't have the right brainspace for public comments; however I may unscreen comments down the track. Let me know if you're okay with this).
