WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.760 We do self-diagnose. 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:05.480 If we're going through a bit of a problem we think, "Oh, we're depressed.We need to take this, take that." 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:11.240 I think people always want to self diagnose, don't they? 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.640 We're all naturally fascinated in how we work. 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.400 Someone can't diagnose themselves from a questionnaire on the Internet. 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:21.240 They can go to a doctor and the doctor will say, 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:24.760 "You may think that you have got a mental illness but you haven't!" 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:26.560 Most of the time the doctor will be right. 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:29.080 I think it's very dangerous 00:00:29.080 --> 00:00:33.360 if people do start thinking of mental illness as being cool. 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:35.880 Celebrities in the paper and people are saying 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:38.040 they have certain things wrong with them 00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:40.840 and it's very easy to pick some of the symptoms 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:42.920 and think they apply to you. 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.440 But in fact, that's not always the case. 00:00:46.440 --> 00:00:48.040 Being emo, you're depressed. 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:51.080 You've got problems at home, your life sucks and whatever, 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:55.160 but I don't think that's helped people who have mental illnesses! 00:00:55.160 --> 00:00:58.600 It has made it like a brand almost. 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.880 If someone says they're depressed or mentally ill, 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:04.400 when they're actually just a bit blue and sad, 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:06.480 then that's when you get the mix-up. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.080 People stop being sympathetic and it stops being treated. 00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:13.760 It usually needs somebody who has some understanding of these problems 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:17.320 to be able to say whether it fits the category of an illness.