The Problem with Labels

Judging by socials, the latest trend seems to be people grasping diagnoses/hashtags to explain their ‘differentness’. I can empathise, as I’ve often considered myself different to most, but I have concerns – especially for people whose issues are, by their own admission, marginal at best.

Firstly, people are often under the mistaken belief that their diagnoses somehow augment them, perhaps by providing needed context – an explanation of why they are the way they are. But the labels, in fa...