a thing that will always baffle me about anti-self-dx sentiment is
diagnostic criteria aren’t kept in some Secret Vault of Psychiatry that only Worthy Medical Professionals can access with the Mystic Key of Diagnosis
the DSM is available online, and even if you don’t have access to it, you can look up any disorder on Wikipedia or Google and get diagnostic criteria for multiple associations as well as links to sites that have more information
self-dx isn’t taking an online quiz, and it isn’t describing yourself as OCD because you like to keep your room clean. it’s literally using the same diagnostic criteria medical professionals do to evaluate your own experiences and behavior.
