@Superfreq I have seen that...some people know that they have different personalities in their head, and before (or if) they are even diagnosed with a mental disorder, they do that so that they can deal with it better on their own...At least I think from knowing some folks who see themselves that way. I, too, am neurodivergent, though I have no interest in seeing what the medical establishment would potentially label me, because guaranteed they would. That's my thoughts on it, anyway.

@cambridgeport90
Can't really blame them given the state of mental health support honestly. We shouldn't have to DIY it but sometimes that's the best way anyway.
Thanks for sharing your POV.

@Superfreq No problem at all. Psychiatrists, and to a lesser extent, psychologists, need to start looking at things a bit differently. Just because someone is different, doesn't make them ill.

@cambridgeport90
It is horribly tough though and some harm will always be done.
Do you say if it's hurting them it's bad? Okay but how much of that is society causing the problem. Should we push people to change just for others? And what if it's more good than bad.
What if they want to change. Well okay, but is it for good reasons? Do we even have the right to say what's a good reason? And what about those who don't want to change, yet are still harming people. How do you measure harm anyway?

@cambridgeport90
Really, the only way to make sure you aren't screwing people over by imposing "normality" on them is to never attempt it at all. But you can't do that if they threaten you, and morally you can't let them hurt them selves or others either.
If you live in society, you are expected to follow it's rules. The problem is when you can't help but not, or the rules are shit.

@Superfreq You have to learn to resist, if you can; though I agree, the ones who are hurting others, something definitely needs to be done for them. Note how I say for them, not about them. I though about suicide a few times in 2014, but I never spoke to a psychologist about it. Because I knew who it was taunting me, and that was purely what it was. Most psych professionals probably also don't believe in either demons or the spirit world, for that matter. Their training probably squeezes it out of them.

@cambridgeport90
IMO a good mental health professional doesn't care what you believe in, they care about how it's effecting you. They will learn all they can about the way you see the world and try to draw the information out so they can make sense of it in a way that they can understand, so that they can use it to help you.
A good MHP is willing to be a little bit insane when it counts.