Feeling hesitant to share my symptoms without a diagnosis

I put in conditions that I don’t have officially diagnosed. I appreciate that we can do this in this app. I want to recognize that the diagnosis is a privilege and can be very useful and can also not be useful. I think the goal here is to talk with people who have similar experiences (you are Alike!) and in this case an incorrect self-diagnosis is very low stakes. Perhaps not meeting all the criteria for a diagnosis does not mean you are not having shared experiences and this app allows for that spectrum to exist.

honestly, I think it's mostly about research. if you research things well enough you can identify with a label until you either get corrected by a professional or find something that fits better. I think ESPECIALLY on an app like this, the label stands mostly to say "hey, I have these symptoms like you do!" so formal diagnosis is even LESS important.

Thank you, I do know of that option, I more meant figuring out what to put as the starting year. I appreciate the help nonetheless! 💜

I think diagnoses are great if you can get them, but the truth of the matter is that not everyone with something can or will get diagnosed with it. there's lots of factors that make this happen, and we can't be too hard on ourselves or others who are unable to be diagnosed formally

I’ve had a doctor diagnose me with something and another doctor undiagnose me with the same thing 🤷🏼‍♀️ I personally don’t think the diagnosis itself is the most important thing. We are all just doing our best. You know your experience better than anyone else 💜

I feel that. Recently I saw someone say they hope everyone is diagnosed on this app because otherwise it can be considered fake, the inability to block them has also made me feel very unsafe so I hope they don't come up in my feed again

i just put when my therapist and i started talking abt the high likelihood of me having them (histrionic and autism) when they ask for the date on not yet diagnosed, since i haven’t formally been tested (she isn’t qualified to test me, but gave me resources that i haven’t yet reached out to bc im busy and anxiety.) if it turns out i don’t have them, i would obviously delete them, but for now i do identify with them bc the symptoms hella match up with my struggles in day to day life🥰