Do you face stigma (or discrimination) in your family due to a mental illness that you have or that someone you love has?

Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 79 points – 7 months ago

And if you’ve made strides in reversing that stigma, how have you done so?

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Thanks for sharing.

I feel like my brother has been on similar shit with internalizing self hatred to the point where he has like a complete inability to see himself as a person. I keep trying to push him to go to therapy despite his constant refusal — can I ask, what happened for things to change for you / what caused you to get diagnosed? (you don’t have to go into detail of course)

I went to therapy because it felt like my life was crumbling and I felt hopeless. After a year of therapy my therapist told me to get assessed for ADHD and after a several month wait, I was formally diagnosed with primarily inattentive ADHD. I was reasonably intelligent as a kid (which helped mask it) and wasn't hyperactive or disruptive so no one really cared to assess me for it.

Thanks again