Self diagnosed anxiety and depression rant

Alice

I don’t want to come off judgmental but does anyone else feel agitated when you hear people talk about their self diagnosed anxiety or depression ? A lot of people have a misconception about what anxiety disorder is and depression. Just because your sad for a month does not mean your depressed and just because your nervous for your job interview does not mean you have anxiety disorder all though you can feel anxiety. It’s just hard to hear peers talk about wanting to start medications for something they have not sought out help for when medications can be very serious and have a lot side effects