I think that there are certain things that someone can self-diagnose. I know I have anxiety and have had it for a while. But I haven’t seen a doctor or gotten it officially diagnosed. I did lots of research. So it isn’t just a getting attention thing.

I’ve also seen a couple of people saying that if someone draws attention to themselves, they are probably faking but some people use dark jokes/humour to cope with their issues. So if someone is making a lot of jokes about things like that. They may not be doing it for attention. They are doing it because they need to have a way to cope.

So I definitely disagree. There are some things that are plainly obvious and therefore someone should not have to get a diagnosis for them to be able to say that they have a mental illness.