#Self-Diagnosis
Internet self diagnosis trend that is still relevant unfortunately
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Autistic self-diagnosis... why it's valid (imo)
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Self-diagnosis is valid ❤️ #AutismAwareness
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
SELF. DIAGNOSIS. IS. VALID.
June 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Self-diagnosis IS valid #autisticadvocacy
May 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Me: Self-diagnosis is valid

Them: Actually self diagnosis is a diagnostic marker for munchausens

Me: It's also a diagnostic marker for autism 😉
June 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
YouTube started suggesting autism self-diagnosis videos when I was listening to Steely Dan deep cuts smh
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
At this point rattling on about Trump Derangement Syndrome just sounds like self diagnosis.
April 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This, yet people still clown on self-diagnosis
My mom once explained that she didn't pursue my autism diagnosis when my pediatrician told her he thought I had it, because it would have made it virtually impossible to insure me. She and the doctor agreed to leave any mention of it off my chart.
One of the things Democrats really need to avoid assuming is that people remember what insurance was like pre-ACA. New voters have no idea about declinable preexisting conditions, which so many of us (myself included) have.
August 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Due to Chump and RepubliKKKans
Failure To Add Healthcare Subsidies for Americans,You Can
Try New Methods Of Self Diagnosis.......
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Self-diagnosis is valid.

Also, telling someone who landed on self-diagnosis after months, if not years of researching and learning about autism, that they're not autistic because they don't have a piece of paper saying so, is classist and ableist. Please don't do this.
April 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Self diagnosis is often the first step to professional diagnosis.

People may think they broke a bone because the symptoms match that diagnosis. They go to the Dr to make sure. Same with ADHD, autism, chronic illness, disability and most other conditions.

SELF DIAGNOSIS PRECEDES DIAGNOSIS
March 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Lack of self-respect is not a diagnosis
March 6, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Who called it a mental health self-diagnosis instead of a baggage claim?
June 5, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Yes, autistic self-diagnosis is valid: "When we deny the validity of self-diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be. We effectively restrict our support to those privileged to afford a formal diagnosis." @autisticb4mmr.bsky.social:

thinkingautismguide.com/2019/04/the-...
Autistic Self-Diagnosis Can Be Both Valid and Necessary
When we deny the validity of self-diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be, and who is being excluded.
thinkingautismguide.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
For those in the back

YOU
CANNOT
SELF-DIAGNOSE
AND
GET
BENEFITS

A diagnosis of adhd IS medical evidence.
There's no debate which is improved by the intervention of Tony Blair. This is ableism. It frames anxiety, depression and ADHD as things people just need to get on with, with no acknowledgement of how damaging that attitude is, or how hard it can be to be recognised and diagnosed in the first place.
April 28, 2026 at 11:07 AM
my armchair psychological diagnosis is that the drive to accumulate as much wealth as possible eats away at the drive for self-improvement or the internal desire to cultivate any skills or tastes. these people build huge mounds of treasure and then essentially just sit around looking at it, empty.
find it genuinely delighting that people with enough money to never work again (and do literally anything they want anywhere in the world at any time) seemingly have nothing going on in their lives and are so miserable they are just spending the holidays frantically posting
December 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Apropos of nothing, an autism diagnosis or a self-diagnosis is absolutely never an excuse for sexual assault.
January 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Autistic self-diagnosis is valid. And "When we deny the validity of self-diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be. We effectively restrict our support to those privileged to afford a formal diagnosis." @autisticb4mmr.bsky.social:

thinkingautismguide.com/2019/04/the-...
March 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this strikes me less as an honest diagnosis and more as self-exonerating excuse for not doing maximum delay and obstruction in the senate right now.
New: Democrats Need Judges to Rein In Trump. There’s No Plan B.

As one Senator put it: “Most of this stuff is going to cause a ton of damage, but will eventually be found to be illegal.”
time.com/7214286/trum...
Democrats Need Judges to Rein In Trump. There’s No Plan B.
A barrage of judges have recently ruled against Trump. Many Democrats see that as their only hope as Congress is unlikely to block him
time.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
All the people screaming about self-diagnosis not being valid and tripling down on undiagnosed people not deserving services without a formal diagnosis are missing the point by a COUNTRY MILE.
June 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Did you know that most self-identifying autistic adults actually want a diagnosis? Diagnosis barriers(financial, waitlists, outdated criteria, diagnosis deserts) are the real issue.

Yet another reason why scoffing at self-diagnosed autistic is an a**hole move.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Identifying as Autistic Without a Formal Diagnosis: Who Self-Identifies as Autistic and Why? - Isaac L. Ahuvia, Emine Gurbuz, Josephine Cuda, Steven K. Kapp, Abigail Houck, Jacquelyn A. Gates, Jessica...
Background: Adults increasingly self-identify as autistic without a formal diagnosis, yet little research has systematically investigated (a) the unique charact...
journals.sagepub.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
you: self-diagnosis is always valid

me:
self-diagnosed with rabies

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February 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
AHDH isn’t really “self-diagnosis” either! A doctor typically compares your necessarily self-described symptoms to a set of known factors and makes a determination. This is just spinning “I find millennial women annoying” into a National Crisis
The most telling section is about Lindy West's difficulty getting diagnosed with ADHD. Lewis smugly declares this is "not how medical diagnoses work."

She's wrong. A wide range of medical conditions can't be diagnosed through brain scans or blood tests. Believing patients is the only option.
March 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM