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People misusing terms they learned about on somewhere, and mis-diagnosing their friends and family is as old as the hills. People want to help and don’t always recognize that they don’t have the ability to do so.
But you’re right; you gotta cut through all the misappropriated medical-ese and actually figure out if somebody is self-diagnosed or not before you can take them seriously, and it absolutely does suck for people who aren’t carrying around a little “100% Officially ADHD” (or whatever) card in their wallet.
“Dad, the reason ___ worked for ___ is because they didn’t actually have ___ - their mom just told everybody they had it after they watched that one episode of Oprah.”
There's nothing here!