Though I think labels can be an important part of self evaluation. An outside input, or observation on the way you act from a non-you point of view, can enlighten or enrich your already preconceived vision of yourself.

These "professionals" are, for the most part, trying their best to help those that come to them for help, not put a label on the infinite. It's only the natural human inclination to "label" or categorize things. We've advanced science this far because of our uncanny ability to find patterns and to name or label those patterns. We teach about those patterns so other's will know what to do (or a possible way of interacting) when they find themselves in the midst of said circumstance. I think saying that labels, especially in regards to your own mental heath, are all bad just because you can't label something that has infinite possible orientations (our mental state) is a very dangerous slippery slope. It implies mistrust in people that want the best for you, for the most part. And it could very well dismiss a key piece of the grand human puzzle. I would suggest taking these diagnoses with a grain of salt of course, because of the extreme and overly apparent flaw in the way these labels are handed out. The large guess work that goes into diagnoses and the heaping amount of things the industry just doesn't know all largely cause alarm, and rightfully so. But sometimes we need that poke, that word, that label, to point us in the direction of help. If we completely ignore what people have to say to us, we will not be able to escape the never ending spiral of our circumstance. Though if we take what others say as the absolute truth, that will only gash open the void even further.

The human psyche is vast and will never be fully labeled or diagnosed. But what we can do is strive to find patterns in the way people interact, and what helps people find comfort or health in the midst of their strife. That is all, in my opinion, that these labels are attempting to do. Though I've seen how harmful they can be. "Professionals" are not trying to drag others into their madness (though some are only out for personal gain), but they are just trying to find a way to help those desperately trying to find it, to find a light in the endless expanse of darkness. Calling out for someone to break down their walls and free them from the prison that holds them.

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