ep 24: Stop Diagnosing Yourself
Hilarious Humanitarians Podcast
Deanna Silverman, LCSW & Erin Prewitt
4.8 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes."
In Episode 24 Deanna and Frances are discussing the disturbing trend of self-diagnosing and the importance of correcting a misdiagnosis so that a person can get adequate and effective treatment.
While we applaud anyone who is practicing the art of being self aware and tuning into the fact that they are experiencing unpleasant symptoms, in this episode we are discussing the importance of seeking proper evaluation from a medical profession so that we aren't falling into the trap of self diagnosis via the vast land of the unreliable Internet.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome. It's episode number 24, the hilarious Humanitarians podcast. I'm |
| 0:08.9 | Francis Etjavaria, licensed marriage and family therapist. Hello, guys. I am Deanna Silverman, |
| 0:14.7 | licensed clinical social worker. So we're going to jump in today, first of all, with a disclaimer. |
| 0:21.6 | We are not a replacement for professional help. And this is going to jump in today, first of all, with a disclaimer. We are not a replacement for professional help. |
| 0:24.5 | And this is going to be really important because of the topic today. |
| 0:27.0 | So if you do need referrals and things like that, you know you can always get in touch with us |
| 0:30.6 | and we can help give you some guidance or in the right direction the best that we can. |
| 0:36.7 | And if you can't reach us for, you know, I might be changing a diaper. |
| 0:42.4 | I might have fallen asleep standing up. |
| 0:45.6 | I always refer people to 211.org. |
| 0:49.9 | It's a website that you can literally, you type in your zip code. |
| 0:55.7 | Also, we're not sponsored by them in any way. |
| 0:58.0 | This is literally a referral I give to everybody. |
| 1:00.6 | You can also call you on one from like any phone, I believe, for free. |
| 1:06.6 | So these are places you can go if it's an emergency. |
| 1:09.7 | Yeah, and like it'll pull up like an entire list of resources, like anything under the sun. |
| 1:16.7 | And then if you type in your zip code, it shows you the closest resource to you. |
| 1:21.3 | And then obviously like we got, you know, we're obligated to say that if you're ever in a mental |
| 1:26.5 | health emergency, always just call 911. And the reason why we're doing this to say that if you're ever in a mental health emergency always just call |
| 1:28.2 | 911 and the reason why we're doing this specifically to bring it up is that today we're |
| 1:33.7 | going to talk about when you diagnose yourself or others or others in the world of Google and |
| 1:42.0 | webmd and everybody being a absolute professional on every topic |
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