Any otherkin or fictionkin?

Alright, while I’m going to say I read and acknowledge your whole message, however, I’m going to focus on the part about self-diagnosis because I feel this issue is way more important than my belief system. If you read my profile you will see I have a variety of mental illnesses that are trauma based. They are all 100% therapist approved™ and professionally diagnosed. I had to endure various traumas for 20-some years. Do you really want to hear about my mother and father, harassment I received at school for having learning and physical disabilities, or the numerous mentally and sexually abusive relationships I’ve been in? These things so horrible that I’m only now just starting to be able to talk about them. Do they affect my ‘professional’ life? Oh very much so, to the point that it’s non-existent. I’ve been struggling with mental illness since 3rd grade back in the early 90s. I’m now 26 years old incapable of taking care of myself on a day to day biases. I’m well aware of it and it makes me feel disgusting that I can’t even find the motivation to get off the computer and feed myself. It’s a vicious cycle. It’s not really a pretty picture is it? So all that being said, I’m a part of a larger community of people who are mentally ill. I attend my local NAMI group as well as go to therapy. Groups who are discriminated against tend to stick together and share comradery. Most people within the community support self-diagnosis. Why? A mental illness doesn’t just appear out of thin air when a therapist deems it so. Most mentally ill people know their symptoms and how they affect their daily lives. “Why do I do this? It’s not healthy” someone thinks so they use this beautiful tool of the internet to look up why. They spend hours and hours poring over websites, wondering “Do I fit this criteria or am I just making this up? Am I real or fake I can’t tell anymore.” It's not a nice feeling. So here’s the other thing, not everyone is as lucky as I am to have insurance or the means to get to therapy by themselves. A lot of mentally ill people are kids, 14-18 who need a parent to pay for, take them too, and sign off on something like therapy or medications. Other adults like I said might be working full time so they don’t meet the needs for government assistance when it comes to insurance. But the mental illness is there just the same. Self-diagnoses helps people feel valid in their symptoms and troubles. It allows them to connect with people who are going through the same things and helps them grow as people to support one another. Back to me personally, my therapist knows about what I think and doesn't see anything wrong with it. When I had a full time job that I worked for two years. I only quit that about six months ago. I told a few co-workers and they didn't say anything either. They told me it was neat and they had never heard of it before. I can tell you that things do affect my daily life, but it's not my cosmovision because I had that when I was functioning better. http://i.imgur.com/ufXFVej.png

Interesting, I never anticipated I would encounter someone who believed in otherkin and fictionkin. AS far as my personal take on it, I'd rather not say as it will probably upset you. All I can say is, all the power to you, just don't glorify it or impose that it has to be real on others. Keep it away from me, as far as I care, and I won't say anything. On self-diagnosis, its potentially dangerous. I personally believe it to be bullshit. We're not professionals. People who don't seek help, should. We are not qualified to make these diagnoses ourselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-diagnosis You risk becoming a hypochondriac. I myself have mental illness, chronic clinical depression and Asperger syndrome. I spent my money and time to get that shit figured out, and glad I did, as my symptoms were close to ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia etc.

Reposting an insult when I have genuine discussion to offer? Typical. Its like you don't want anything other than a positive response/hugbox.

"Please do not tell me how stupid/fake/special snowflake I am. I've heard it all before so don't waste your time. If you're here to be tolerant, ask respectful questions, tell me your kins, ect then hello!!" Does that sound like I want to debate and discuss it? Maybe you should read the first post. I also don't want to associate with people who are being disgusting.

I didn't say that you were stupid/fake/special snowflake. Don't put words in my mouth. All I did was caution you on being a hypochondriac. I'm disgusting because I disagree? You're being so disjointed here, its hard to even comprehend where you're pulling all of this from. Calling me names is only going to piss me off. I'm challenging you on self-diagnosis because its stupid and unsafe, and advocating that only adds fuel to the fire and makes more people fall victim. Stop it. If you're going to discuss this with me, don't sit there and insult me when you don't get your way. I'm not about to go after someone else when I myself have mild disabilities. It just doesn't happen.

I think otherkin is okay; like, if you identify with a wolf I'm still going to think that's really off, but you do you. Dragonkin? I mean to me – dragons don't exist – so that's real iffy. But I'll let you do you. The thing I can't seem to understand is fictionkin. So from what I understand, you just identify with a character on a really personal level, right? How is that different from just saying "oh, that character has a cool backstory, I get where he's coming from"? It's from that point that I just see it as the desire to create another label for one's self. EDIT: let history note this as the first time I entirely agree with one of Elder_Reaper's posts

@Elder_Reaper You didn't say that but what you did say isn't tolerant or respectful. You're saying that you don't agree with an integral part of my identity. I'm not sure what exactly is disjointed or that you don't understand. I explained in the best I could, you're not exactly asking me questions for me to elaborate. And yes being against self-diagnoses is extremely gross. Not every one can spend "money and time to get that shit figured out" Glad you're so lucky to have the money to spend for that. Not everyone does. Also, if the person is a minor the parents might refuse to take them to get professionally diagnosed. Mental illness isn't some country club where you have to have a diagnosis to be valid.

@Elder_Reaper Also nice post edit. I still got an A+ quote from it though.