I don't like when people self diagnose their issues

Mental disorders are just a label that explain a set of symptoms. The disorder itself doesnt even actually exist in the way theres not a blood test or anything you can do to find it. Theres a difference in a disease and a disorder. You could probably pull up the symptoms and diagnose yourself with the little disorder word that fits you best.

Same. Well I guessed I was autistic and that I had social anxiety before I got diagnosed but I didnt go around calling myself that until it had been confirmed. There is no way to know until then for sure, because many conditions are similar to each other. BPD can look a lot like autism in women, for example. There isn't even any need to self diagnose. If you dont need an official diagnosis then that means you don't need any help what so ever which in turn means you're not disabled and don't need to call yourself that either.

Oh God, I seen the Tourette ones, I never cringed so much in my life.

I think the problem is that importance, value, and impressiveness is found through
triumph of adversity, but these people are too lazy to go out and find something to triumph over that's worth any value, so they make their "adversary" their own condition of living, that way they can pretend they are continuously triumphing over something by simply existing, while realistically achieving nothing. It's pretty common in kids trying to figure out their identity at an age they haven't really found themselves yet, but it's gross when adults do it.

I kinda think when a person has been diagnosed it can feel mocking when others self diagnose, and go around making a big deal about it.

People build their entire identity over disorders of some kind or another. Not only is it stupid but it's pretty pathetic.

I think these people are humble, admitting they have a problem, Don Burke self-diagnosed himself with autism. I really was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, I acted like a neurotypical and nobody believed me when I said I was neurotypical, I continue being obsessed with conformity, I think I have normalistic behaviour syndrome but was never diagnosed.

What I hate the most are those people who say my autism is an "excuse", or say "I have autism too and I don't act like you", when they're probably self-diagnosed and are even socially aware of like subtle nuances or whatever in normie speak.
It's hilarious that they try to make out I'm a liar or something.
I was diagnosed with autism/asperger's when I was 8 years old, as well as ADHD.

Dont diagnose yourself of course if medications or extreme actions are required.

But if you have a cold and have like 3/5 of the conditions for said illness I think you can reasonably judge your own predicament.

This is a symptom of the larger problem of how difficult it can be to receive a diagnosis.

It’s not a mental illness but to receive an autism diagnosis as an adult in the UK is a two year process with many requirements including having to interview the patient’s parents about what they were like as a child. There are also issues of sexism and racism as some practitioners wrongly believe that only autism only appears in white men. That’s just one example I know of thanks to an autistic friend.

There is also ableism in the medical community, the other day someone even posted on here that her doctor did not believe she could be depressed as she was autistic.

Then there’s the fact that many countries do not have free health care meaning some people cannot afford a diagnosis.

The fact that a person is not diagnosed with anything does not necessarily mean they have a clean bill of mental health.

Offensive? I wouldn't go that far. It is annoying. Chastising and championing the right and wrong mental illnesses isn't better though.