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Originally Posted by Grey Matter
I am going to go out on a limb and disagree with pegasus, to a point.
There is nothing wrong with self diagnosis. Especially if getting to a doctor is an impossibility for the individual in need of diagnosis. It leads to self education, self discovery, and sometimes healing.
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There are many issues with self diagnosis. It's not possible in many cases to take a step out of yourself and take an 'objective' view. For example, if you are in the middle of psychosis, there is absolutely no way of realizing that is what is happening, psychosis involves loss of being in touch with reality. On the other hand a person may be suffering a panic attack and try to self-diagnose and think they are psychotic or dying.
It is akin to having a physical illness where a correct diagnosis is needed by a doctor that has trained for at least 6 years, psychiatrists train longer than that. For example - it's like thinking you have cancer of the bowel or something, yes you can read up on it and learn what you can but at the end of the day you need a professional to diagnose. And then of course, the access to treatment.
Take care.
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