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I still don't understand why so many people are against self-diagnosis. Someone is suffering and trying to find help, a lot of people, especially minorities and women, can't find it professionally. What's wrong with those people looking for help themselves? Having a word for what is different with you helps finding this help.
I'm not talking about people claiming to be autistic and demanding attention and accomodations, that's a whole different story but trying to keep people from finding help themselves seems to be very wrong to me.
Because a diagnosis can tell you what you are, it's not a supposition anymore, and you don't have to convince yourself as it becomes an objective truth. I used to think I was autistic, and while I wasn't that far, autism wasn't the right diagnosis and that new information allowed me to act on the right things. I live a much better life now than when I was relying on my self-diagnosis
Diagnoses aren't objective. Sorry to break that one to you. Obviously they can help, but let's not overstate what they are.
Just state your opinion, no need to be a dick about it