sorry, but i read a tweet from somewhere that said that self-diagnosing was valid unless it's being flaunted for clout. NO. never fucking ever will self-diagnosing be valid. how would you feel as a doctor if your patient comes in and talks about several life-threatening +

disorders and then for them to say "i got it diagnosed by a buzzfeed quiz."? are you fucking accepting that? i don't care that you have a disorder too, i do too and it gives you no reason to self-diagnose yourself. i did not cry to my doctor and to the psychiatrist in the room +

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and my mom about my bulimia and my severe social anxiety and refuse to get help because i was so in denial; i didn't want to experience that only for you to say it's valid for people to say they deal with the same things as i do but never +

self-diagnosed and never going through that shock and that moment of in denial a person would. some people would feel blank and expect it but it's such a big thing in their lives for that moment and no one would really want that. why would you self-diagnose that on yourself? +

this is honestly terrifying information to hear from a person who plans to work in the medical field in the future. take a step back and delete your tweet and realize what was wrong with it. i'm not trying to be mean, but if you go into the medical field with this mindset that +

your patients can come to you with made-up disorders or self-diagnosed disorders and you'll think it was valid and add it to their medical track when it's faux? i am terrified for you; i am terrified for your coworkers. i can't even fathom seeing you be a doctor at this rate.