MeriBeri🍒 @MariBari@witches.town

I'm having really bad stomach cramps right now and I don't know what's causing it... Probably the fact that my belt has been crushing my abdomen for the better part of an hour, and I ended up powerwalking uphill to get to my first class on time 😖‼️

So, the clear solution is to give people the tools required to understand and describe their own symptoms so that they can receive accurate care from healthcare professionals.

Despite this, however, there's a huge stigma against self-diagnosis, especially in discourse. The belief is that a patient who self-diagnoses is effectively feeding into their own perception of their illness.

I'm going to argue that the opposite is true. Self-diagnosis is the *most effective* way for people to understand their symptoms and receive effective care. A patient who doesn't understand their symptoms cannot get an accurate diagnosis.

Okay I'm gonna try to paraphrase this as best as I can;

From my experience-- and the experience of many, many members of neurodivergent/marginalized communities-- psychiatry is largely based off of the medical model of disability, which necessitates clear, precise definitions of mental illness in order to provide a functional diagnosis.

Many, if not all, of these definitions are entirely based on the patient's own symptoms. The problem arises that patients need to provide a personal account of their own symptoms, and many people don't have the necessary knowledge base to define and describe their symptoms accurately.

I'm processing the best hot take I've ever had about why self-diagnosis is important for psychiatry to be effective in providing medical diagnoses but it's super long and I don't know if I can fit it into its own post

Good morning, everyone. I'm not going to my first class today, so I have a couple hours to chat :3c

Trans antifa spy, here to steal your Gender Documents™️

There are two reasons that Tsubasa Hanekawa (from Monogatari Series) is my profile pic.

...Both are trauma related.

There's a mysterious alien egg in my lava lamp!! 👽👾😱

(Just kidding it's bubbles leftover from when it was turned on I just think it looks neat)

I've started keeping another self care journal! I haven't done this in a year or so but it's important-- it gives me a really nice place to vent and express myself away from prying eyes.

Anyone else here use journals/diaries for #selfcare?

*turns off notifications from tumblr on my phone*

The evil is defeated :)

I need to stop playing video games but video games are too good ;-;

#Pokemon #UltraAdventure -- Okay I want to do postgame stuff but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 comes out on Friday so there's going to be quite a bit of a delay. Sorry. ._.