Debate. Debate. Debate.

They ONLY situation you should self-diagnose is when you are planning to visit a highly trained professional regarding your issues and to get help. Even then you should know that you are more than likely at least 80% wrong about it.

It should go down like this:
Patient: I have been experiencing this, this, and this lately. I looked it up on the internet and got some scary results. Depression and blah blah blah being the most concerning. Can you help?
Doctor: Yes.

So my unpopular opinion:
Self-diagnosis for mental illnesses is okay in some circumstances.

So no. Not okay. I wouldn't use it as an excuse for poor behavior either.

As the doctor I shadowed said, "Don't listen to Dr. Google. He will without fail tell you the worst possible scenario."

Lol I love that

𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗: 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎. 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 {𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢} 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚐. 𝙸𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖. {𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍.}

I always blame the owner when it comes to unruly pets. Honestly, If you are willing to take on the responsibility of having a pet then you should have the time and energy and will to make sure that it is well behaved.

This goes for children as well.

I despise poorly behaved children.

Well, to be fair, sometimes the child might have a mental disorder or something that could cause them to act up even if the parent was doing all they could to keep them under control… But yeah most of the time parents just suck at caring for their children

More often than not, that is not the case. My brother is the most well behaved, even with the troubles he has.

snarfs into coffee

snarfs into coffee

An absolute, 100% mood.

I recommend whacking them more tbh. Americans are too soft on their children.

Violence isn't the way to discipline children.

I think that debate was in the Rudeness chat

But violence incites fear, and therefore using it to discipline children causes not only fear to mess up but also fear of the parent.

I disagree with hitting kids. I don't think it's necessary. At the VERY most, a small slap on the wrist if a very tiny child does something urgently terrible. Otherwise, kid knows reason, kid doesn't need to be beaten.

What I said before:

I grew up with spanking as well, but it did not have a poor impact on my life. Not one that I am aware of anyway. It's pretty normal to get smacked in a hispanic family, you know that your family member isn't trying to hurt you, you were just acting like an ass. Nor am I afraid of my mother because of it, that's just nonsense.
I think that jumping straight to physical punishment is wrong. There should be respect even between a young child and their parent. Children should be taught reasonably how to properly behave and the difference between right and wrong, before being subjected to punishment. They should have the chance to learn/ test boundaries/ express themselves just like anyone else.

Generally speaking, in a normally functioning family, a child knows when they are being naughty and expect some kind of 'event' in direct causation to what they have done. So fear isn't particularly a good word to use in this scenario.

If most children are like me they kinda got off on the high of maybe getting in trouble for shit.

Drag as in racing?
or
Drag as in Drag Queen?