Diagnosis

Sometimes people diagnose themselves with ADHD, autism or some other issue. They recognize patterns after watching online content from others and sell themselves a schema which may or may not be true. 

Once that is set in the brain it can influence much about self-perception. 

My friend Sylvie told me about someone who is convinced of her problem without a diagnosis. She now realizes she wasted years without understanding the self and suffered the consequences. 

Never mind that she surmounted them somehow. 

The problem with scripts is that they can become enshrined in unavoidable fate going forward. We have determined that this revelation dictates a path forward or conversely constitutes a crutch. 

"Poor me I have a disorder" well, maybe.

This is where comparison and labeling can fail us because each person is unique. There isn't one solution, one drug, one magic bullet which can save the day. 

Our diagnosis can become a trap instead of something we compensate for and which doesn't entirely define us.