there are SO many people in my flight's discord faking DID and it drives me up a wall. But I can't say anything about it because I'll be yelled at for ableism. DID is exceptionally rare disorder and the split personalities certainly do not manifest as youtubers you discovered two years ago, but lets pretend this discord has ten people with DID as if that's actually going to happen and that's likely and that the person with solely minecraft youtuber alters is not faking, sure.

I'm not against self-diagnosing. Mental healthcare in the USA is expensive and often unobtainable and many times self-diagnosing can help you start to find coping mechanisms from sources meant for people with a confirmed diagnosis that can help you hold on until you can get the proper help yourself. But it feels like so many young people - particularly on FR - are doing it because they feel it will give them an instant into community and connection and make them special. It's hard to condemn them for wanting this because to be honest don't we all but it is so hard to not be annoyed. I only hope they'll grow out of it.