I can understand if somebody has a disorder that is pretty easy to identify for the individual. Anxiety, depression, and to a lesser extent ADHD, are all pretty easy to diagnose because they're so common, and the symptoms are generally obvious.
However, when it comes to Autism, Asperger's, Schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, etc...those things need to be left to the professionals.
The sheer percentage of people with completely normal minds claiming to have autism or "possibly be in the spectrum" is absolute lunacy. It's completely insane! There's no way that like 80% of the population from the ages of 15-25 are all person's with "high functioning autism."
They talk about how their lives are so bad and how introverted they are, meanwhile they're making videos and live streaming, they have nearly no social problems, and they might be a little unique. That isn't autism. It's claiming to have a condition that generally brings with it a series of other problems, most obvious--socially.
Then you have the people claiming they all have "dissociative identity disorder" formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. During a shift in personality, the individual doesn't realize it, and it's actually extraordinarily uncommon if not impossible to remember what is happening when another personality takes over. That's why it's a disorder and not a personality quirk or an act. In order for something to be a disorder, it has to cause some form of issue. That's the point.
These ridiculous young adults are talking about "alters" and nearly all of them can switch personalities on a whim, the personalities communicate with each other, and they even go so far as to have him human entities they refer to with non-existent pronouns like shadowself or catself. Absolutely not. That's 100% a total act. Not even a good one.
Nowadays you have people claiming everything about them that makes them a disrespectful moron is ADHD.
"Well, I talk over others because of my ADHD."
"I interrupt you because of my ADHD"
"I didn't listen to anything you said because of ADHD."
Table manners? Relationship problems? Shitty attitudes? ADHD.
No. That is NOT ADHD. That is being an asshole. A manipulative one, at that.
Reddit, I don't know where society messed up this bad, but IF there are ANY "doctors" supporting this sort of stretch of the imagination they need to be investigated and have their licenses revoked.
Ugh this really grinds my gears.