StarTrekker wrote:
I'm sorry to those who found my question accusatory or divisive, that wasn't my intention. I was just curious about what could lead people with significant challenges to determine that managing those challenges alone was preferable to doing so with support. I just know that I can't survive on my own without the supports my diagnosis has yielded, but I forget that this isn't true for everyone.
I think it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask. People are different and have different needs. I was lucky enough to be from a family where my parents could afford to send me to speech therapy and such the like as a child. I am lucky now to have a job where I can send myself to mental health professionals. It's true that getting a DX would free up a bunch of government funding for me, but I've gotten by so far without it, and so really anything that changes my routine is kinda scary. Furthermore, I know that these government programs in my country are underfunded and under attack from certain politicians right now. So I feel as though if I can get by without it, ethically, I should.