A diagnosis means for me is a way for others to treat me professionally. Medications, therapy etc. It's something to write on a form for insurance. Can't get insurance without these labels.

Yet I dont often think about the labels each day. It's the physical manifestations that have my attention. Stuttering or spasms or vocal changes etc. In my head i don't think of my label. I'm trying to survive each day. It's a bonus to have a shower. It's a bonus to go outside.

The general population doesn't much care or understand about diagnoses. Except to label a person when they do something wrong as mentally ill. What ever happened to being mad, sad or bad?