Gemma Spake

A label is an oversimplification for a reason.

Because it needs to oversimplify things so we can categorize people.

We need to instead be focusing on the person.

And I know that might seem like a faraway dream because of the strain that resources and services are currently under.

But I think that is like really the problem that we are getting to.

The system is faulty.

The system is underserving everybody.

I think what that means is that the problem with under versus over diagnosis is being turned into an individual issue to deal with.

It's turned onto the individual to try and make sense of themselves using whatever resources they have, social media being one of them.

And we are being increasingly forced to take care of ourselves without the help of somebody who is trained to do so.

And again, regardless of whether you have a diagnosis or not, the pressure should be on the system.

It should be on underfunded health care systems.

It should be on the fact that, you know, rush assessments take place all the time.

It takes years to get an assessment for something.

Schools support systems are not good at putting in place health care plans or identifying children who could need help.

Like I can just go on and on and on.

Like the private companies come in and are like, we can make a buck off of making everybody believe that they're not well without actually caring about anybody who is not well.

So I just think that's like something to really be conscious of.

I'm going to finish up this episode with a quick summary of which I've done several, but a proper summary for this topic.

Why does everybody have a diagnosis these days?