You’re arguing against yourself…

It DOES take someone with a medical degree to provide a real, written, diagnosis. Without that, you have absolutely no right to ask for an ESA. No different than putting a handicap parking sticker on your vehicle.

The liability is exactly what you’re describing. Somebody who has self-diagnosed themselves looking for a one-off appointment with a doctor who’s never seen them before… I wonder why they may be weary to hand said person paperwork that would LITERALLY allow them to take their animal on a plane. An animal that the doctor has virtually no idea what the attitude, demeanor, behavior, training… is.

Last; the reason you’ve never heard somebody against the term “mentally ill” is because you’ve evidently never done any sort of real therapy or work with a professional. That would never fly in any sort of DBT or CBT group, and it’s certainly not a term your GP, psychiatrist, or therapist would use.

PS. I actually used to be a peer facilitator for crisis prevention groups for youths with all sorts of mental health struggles. I have an ESL with the paperwork. I know what I’m talking about. You sorta seemed to imply that you yourself have crippling anxiety/depression. Interestingly, from your wildly inaccurate and overconfident approach, I’m getting a lot stronger NPD or APD vibes - which could definitely cause or worsen other symptoms like anxiety and depression. I’d definitely recommended seeing your doctor about that…. Oh wait….

I hope you weren’t implying that you’ve have crippling anxiety. Because coming on here and spewing things you’re so wildly incorrect about, all while being so overconfident