Is it normal to assume that half of the users on this site aren't really ill?

I study a lot of social-cultural history of the USA. In the 80s it was hip to do coke. In the 90s it was hip to be dark, grunge and goth. In the 2000s it was hip for everyone to get a trophy. In the 201xs it seems hip to have asocial disorders (aka be shy), be asexual (be a virgin)...etc. if there really was so much mental illness on the planet, society would come to a complete and utter standstill. Too many doctors hand out meds instead of telling patients it’s normal to be shy once in a while, you’ll get laid eventually, and mommy yelling at you to clean your room does not equate to PTSD.
Up until the late 70s, corporal punishment was the norm for throwing a tantrum, now it’s a promise of the latest gen of Xbox and a trip for ice cream if you’ll be good. Bad behavior gets attention and rewarded and kids clue right into that and sadly expect it in adulthood. IMO.

I stopped reading at the hackneyed "LOL DAE 2 GENDERS" but A lot of the multi account trolls on here had neglectful or abusive parents growing up or are the result of slutty moms and therefor multiple "father figures", these people likely do have a personality disorder but are too afraid to look inward so they hide behind phony personas and stereotypes they learned off youtube videos, because the only way they can fit in is by sharing the opinions of similar losers.

There are some people that genuinely seek help, but their posts are usually drowned out by scat posts, weird fetishes and posts about incest. I wonder if trolls ever get tired of the same crap over and over...

I'm not sure but this site seems to attract unusual people. I talk about my diagnosis sometimes and these kinds of things irritate me because you cannot diagnose people online. I do think some people over self diagnose. I actually had no idea I had autism until I was diagnosed. People in real life tell me it's obvious but online people question it because my typing is above average skills, which autism typically does not effect online communication.

I figure some people nowadays are self diagnosed. Sure they could be completely wrong with their diagnosis of autism, schizophrenia, bipolar and BPD but they're obviously still hurting so it doesn't really matter.

Why do you choose to let this bother you?

There are lots of damaged, pathetic, messed-up, attention-seeking people who have real problems figuring out life and how they should deal with it. You can't do anything about them, but you can decide how much attention you pay to them and how you react.

Just what we need. Another psuedo internet doctor diagnosing people they don't know.

Someone once told me on this matter that part of the problem is that doctors nowadays are more than willing to diagnose people with mental illnesses if it means they can make more money from their patients. I havent done much research into this so I wouldn't know.
Anyway, I used to feel like everyone around me was being 'too overtop' and maybe thinking they had a serious mental illness when they didn't. I then got closer to them and realized that most of them DID have real, deep-rooted problems. It only felt like everyone around me was like this, because those tended to be the kinds of people who surrounded me. Maybe I attract those kinds of people because I'm friendly, idk honestly. I do not doubt that there are people who ARE being too overdramatic though, I've definitely seen a few. I would say it's a normal thing to assume that people around you are faking illnesses, though in my experience, they tend to think they actually have them.
On the topic of therapists though, I don't think there's anything wrong or 'going overboard' about scheduling sessions with a therapist, regardless of whether or not you have a mental illness. It's a healthy way to get things off your chest and discuss your problems.

To be fair, some people who post like that truly ARE ill, just not in the way they say they are. They could have very neglectful family and friends and cope with it through the internet, or they could be a compulsive liar (which can also be caused by neglect or being ignored enough that a person feels a need to lie to get attention). Not to say your claims are invalid (I agree that many people online and on this site probably lie about their experiences or disorders), I just thought I’d point out that that can be an illness in its own way

It's kind of a good forum for people to dish out their human experience issues. So, they've probably been to a therapist, or used Dr. Google. Better for them to have some safe safe place to vent, and get feedback, than none at all.

Well this site isn't like Psych Forums or other sites specifically for mentally ill people; anyone can ask about literally anything here.

oh yeah baby

whos your craw-daddy?

Your therapeutic assignment while you are here at IIN is to go take a dump. Got it? Good.