YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IT IN CONVERSATION WHEN A RELATIVE JOKES ABOUT BEING "A BIT OCD". PERHAPS YOU’VE SPOTTED IT IN A PARENTING FACEBOOK GROUP WHEN CONCERNED PARENTS RUSH TO TELL A WORRIED MUM THAT HER SON’S BEHAVIOURS SOUND LIKE ADHD.
Maybe you’ve noticed it in the comments section of viral social media posts about autism, anxiety, or bipolar, with numerous people chiming in claiming to tick all of the boxes.
These days, labelling is everywhere. It can be helpful for people who have never quite been able to put a finger on why they feel the way they do, but haphazardly using these terms to describe yourself or others, with little understanding of what these conditions actually are or how people experience them, is problematic—and it seems to be on the rise wherever you look.
Charlotte Armitage, a registered
