/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7542996
Armchair diagnosing is fucking disgusting and people who do it make me wanna punch them in the face because 99.9% of the time they are talking out of their ass. If they were an actual therapist they would KNOW better than to do it, and it can honestly scare some people shitless and make them paranoid into having every mental disorder ever. Especially because they're usually described broadly and the symptoms are something someone has had to a much lesser degree at least once in their lifetime.

Plus, if the person knows they have something wrong with them they don't need you to tell them that, they have their friends and family who actually monitor their behavior unlike witch doctor #27 on the internet.

Another thing is that mental disorders aren't as common as everyone that reads webmd articles about it claims. Most of the time an "ED" in these scenarios is simply having shitty eating habits. Also, my mom's a therapist and she is constantly booked. A lot of time paranoid patients who are completely fine come and take away time from those who can't get a seance they desperately need. It's usually shit like "better make sure I don't have self-diagnosed fad disorder of the month!" or worried rich mommies bringing their delinquent children for "lack of confidence and motivation" when they get bad grades from being lazy.

Therapists want your money, don't get me wrong, but they'd rather treat a patient who is less stable and needs it than waste time on perfectly healthy people who were scared into a psychological evaluation by some alarmist douche on the internet.
Literally the first thing a therapist will tell you is to stop believing things you read online, because scaring people like this helps no one. Most of you sound sane and normal, counting calories and not wanting to get fat is not ED exclusive and quite understandable considering how people here rip fat girls apart on a daily basis.

Silent Hill Nurses and Pyramid Head.
I get it, you wanna dress sexy but not have it look like you just slipped on a sexy nurse outfit. But it's getting old, yo. Same with guys going as Pyramid Head just to show their he-teets and abs, and when you ask either of them which Silent Hills they have played they go "uhhh... I haven't" and look at me like I'm a freak for thinking they actually played the game whose character they are cosplaying.